Cabinet received and adopted a report by the Minister of Health and Child Care on the national preparedness and response progress regarding the COVID-19 outbreak.    As at 13 March 2020, more than 9 505 travellers had been screened at the country’s ports of entry and 378 put on surveillance.  The National Microbiology Reference Laboratory had tested 14 suspected cases for COVID-19 and all were negative.  Cabinet was informed that to date there is no confirmed case of COVID-19 in Zimbabwe.

Cabinet considered and approved the maize producer floor price for the remainder of the 2019/2020 marketing season as presented by the Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement as Acting Chairman of the Cabinet Committee on Food Security and Nutrition (CFSN). Cabinet agreed as follows:

The Minister of Finance and Economic Development briefed Cabinet on the action taken to normalize the roller meal supply situation.  He explained that at the First Meeting, Cabinet had noted that the then prevailing price of roller meal provided arbitrage opportunities to some unscrupulous people.  Government had thus moved in to redress the situation using a two-pronged approach.  Firstly, it had been decided that the price be raised to $70 per 10 kg bag of mealie meal from $50.  Secondly, a targetted Coupon Scheme for the Vulnerable is in the offing with the c