No, not everyone who comes to Zimbabwe will need to be tested for Covid-19

A statement made by the Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa on payment for Covid-19 tests at ports of entry has caused a stir.

Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport PIC: The Patriot

A USD60 fee will be levied for tests for people who exhibit symptoms of Covid-19. But social media has reacted as if this applies to anyone arriving at a port of entry which it isn’t.

And this is based on the Statutory Instrument 216 of 2020 part 5 section 8 which reads:

Section 8 (“Power to close ports of entry and exit”) of the principal order is amended by the repeal of proviso (i) to subsection (1) and the substitution of—
“(i) citizens or returning residents—
A. exhibiting a COVID-19-free certificate issued not earlier than the previous 48 hours shall, if they do not present with symptoms of COVID-19, be permitted immediately to proceed to self-quarantine
at home;
B. not exhibiting the certificate referred to in subparagraph A, shall be ordered to be detained at a holding facility until they can be tested for COVID-19, and upon being tested shall be discharged immediately for self-quarantine at home if found to be negative or, if found to be positive, shall be ordered to be detained at a place of isolation for a period of fourteen (14) days;
C. presenting with symptoms of COVID-19, whether or not they exhibit the certificate referred to in subparagraph A, shall be ordered to be detained at a holding facility until they can be tested for COVID-19, and upon being tested shall be discharged immediately for self-quarantine at home if found to be negative or, if found to be positive, shall be ordered to be detained at a place of isolation for a period of fourteen (14) days.’”.