In the central business district police ordered the closure of several businesses along Kaguvi, Cameroon Streets and the usually busy Gulf Complex. National police spokesperson Assistant commissioner Paul Nyathi said he was in a meeting and would get back to this reporter when called for comment.
Hundreds of people being turned away along Simon Mazorodze road
Meanwhile, Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services secretary Mr Nick Mangwana, in a tweet, said: “Government has not pronounced a change in Lockdown Regulations. We are still on Level 2 lockdown and permitted economic activity should go ahead.”

He said the police are only enforcing the pronounced and gazetted Level 2 conditions.