The Zimbabwe government has started providing security and health provisions to evacuation centres in the seven districts of Manicaland, where scores of people are set to be relocated for safety in the event that Cyclone Chalane hits the country on the New Year’s Eve as expected.

Manicaland Provincial Development Coordinator and Civil Protection Unit chairperson Edgar Seenza said that there are also fears of the COVID-19 outbreak if precautionary measures are not followed.

Seenza told this publication that the heavy rains that hit Chimanimani recently were a threat to the lives of many villagers who have already started moving out from the district to seek safety from their families’ homes outside the district.

Below is a list of evacuation centres

Ward 1

1. Chipinda Secondary School
2. Maunganidze Information Centre

Ward 2
1. Samhutsa Secondary School
2. Ngaone Secondary School

Ward 3
1. Manesa Training Centre

Ward 4
1. Tanganda Primary School
2. Musani Secondary School

Ward 5
1. Chipangayi Secondary School

Ward 6
1. Makandi Banana Company
2. Sterksroom Secondary School

Ward 7
1. Clearwater Primary School

Ward 8
1. Simudza Primary School
2. Mugiyo Primary School

Ward 9
1. Ndiadzo Primary School
2. Rusitu Valley Primary School
3. Paidamoyo Primary School
4. Mafumise Primary School

Ward 10
1. Chipinge Prison

Ward 11
1. Madziwa Secondary School

Ward 12
1. Chiriga Primary School
2. Nyaututu Primary School

Ward 13
1. Mapote Primary School
2. Chipinge Vocational Training Centre

Ward 14
1. Mapungwana Primary School
2. Tamandai Primary School

Ward 15
1. Muzite Primary School
2. Chief Gwenzi Homestead

Ward 16
1. Kondo Primary School

Ward 17
1. Munoirirwa Primary School
2. Murenje Primary School
3. Chinaa Secondary School

Ward 18
1. Tafara Primary School
2. Musirizwi Primary School

Ward 19
1. Emerald Hill Primary School
2. Beacon Hill Primary School
3. Mt. Selinda High School

Ward 20
1. Chibuwe Primary School
2. Mbeure Primary School

Ward 21
1. Tuzuka Secondary School
2. Rimbi High School

Ward 22
1. Manzvire Red Cross Rescue Centre
2. Matezwa Primary School

Ward 23
1. Zamuchiya Primary School

Ward 24
1. Checheche Primary School
2. Madhuku Primary School

Ward 25
1. Rimai Primary School

Ward 26
1. Chisumbanje Primary School
2. Green Fuel Estate

Ward 27
1. Vheneka Primary School

Ward 28
1. Garahwa Primary School
2. Chinyamukwakwa Primary School

Ward 29
1. Maparadze Primary School

Ward 30
1. Mahenye Primary School
2. Mahenye Secondary School

Source: Vemuganga Community Radio