Fri Oct 1, 2021 – 10:57 am EDT
HARARE, Zimbabwe (LifeSiteNews) — Zimbabwe has barred Christians who have not taken COVID jabs from church worship despite a High Court ruling suspending the ban.
Only 19% of the majority-Christian country has had even one COVID-19 shot.
On September 14, Monica Mustvangwa, the Minister of Information, told the public on behalf of the government that it will be ignoring the September 10 High Court ruling that the state must stop asking citizens for documents proving they’ve had the COVID jabs to attend church.
“Whilst all other gatherings shall not exceed 100 persons, with regards to churches, Cabinet has resolved [against the High Court ruling] that only vaccinated congregants can attend and should be limited to 50% of the holding capacity of the Church,” Mustvangwa said during a post-Cabinet press briefing.
Mustvangwa announced the initial ban on the “unvaccinated” in August, and her recent statement came out only four days after the High Court suspended the measure.
Justice David Mangota’s September 10 order overruling the ban stated: “The statement issued by the 1st respondent [Minister of Information Monica Mustvangwa] on behalf of the Cabinet barring unvaccinated sit-in congregants in Churches [is] suspended pending the return date of this application.”
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