Zimbabwe’s Minister of Defense Oppah Muchinguri has been blasted for saying that the novel Coronavirus pandemic is God’s way of punishing the Europeans and Americans for imposing sanctions on Zimbabwe.
Muchinguri made these remarks while addressing a ZANU PF rally in one of the country’s cities.
She went on to say that the economies of the Western countries will also collapse like the Zimbabwean economy.
‘They are now staying indoors’. She said. ‘Their economies will scream just like what they did to our economy.
‘Trump must know that he is not God.’ Said Muchinguri.
Zimbabweans on Twitter have condemned Muchinguri’s comments. Many suggested that they were ignorant, undiplomatic and irresponsible.
Just to be clear this is a ZANU PF problem. Don’t try and include us in this mess. ZANU PF officials are callous – the world gets to see what we deal with everyday. https://t.co/RKMXTg4gJ4
A kind soul clipped (added subtitles) the recording of ZANU PF supporters jeering & cheering as the Min of Defense callously celebrated the Coronavirus. She is a very sick person.
I don’t know what kind of God she worships. So what explains HIV, Ebola, Cholera? She is mad pic.twitter.com/7WpGYlRXtO
1. My 1st reaction to Oppah Muchinguri’s primitive, parochial & callous view that coronavirus is God’s way of punishing the West was shock & disgust. But I recalled she belongs to a party whose leaders believed a con artist who claimed she had powers to produce diesel from rocks pic.twitter.com/d63U8zl6KH
Oppah Muchinguri was bang out of order when she said #CoronaVirus is God’s punishment to western nations for imposing sanctions on Zimbabwe. Her remarks are ignorant, irresponsible & undiplomatic. She must withdraw this forthwith & apologise.
UNESCO has however cautioned that COVUD-19 will affect people from different countries and the virus must not be attached to any ethnicity or nationality.
#COVID19 has and is likely to affect people from many countries. Do not attach it to any ethnicity or nationality.
The BBC reports that coronavirus has killed more than 6,500 people worldwide, and infected over 169,000, according to an estimate from Johns Hopkins University, which is tracking cases reported by the WHO and additional sources. Zimbabwe has however not recorded any cases of the virus.
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