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Zimbabwe journalists barred from covering vaccination programme

24.02.2021

Date:
24.02.2021
Number of cases:
2
Regions/Countries:
Africa: Zimbabwe
Alert types:
Restrictions on access to information: Access restricted to officials / press conferences

Freelance journalists Godfrey Mtimba and Tonderai Saharo were reportedly barred by the police from covering the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccination programme outside the town of Masvingo in southern Zimbabwe.

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