PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE FLASH UPDATE | 13 JANUARY 2021

HIGHLIGHTS

• district remains on high alert for flooding. • 766 commercial trucks drivers and pedestrians were screened for COVID-19 at . • IOM provided food, dignity kits and facilitated COVID-19 testing to 23 PREPAREDNESSstranded Malawian AND migrantsRESPONSE stranded in Beitbridge. • SITUATION OVERVIEW IOM continues to provide support to Government of as well as the FLASH UPDATE | 12 JANUARY 2021 individuals and communities affected by crisis, and to actively contribute to the

efforts of the international community to identify ways to more effectively address future humanitarian challenges related to natural hazards and conflicts. IOM activities in Zimbabwe include strengthening core capacities for public health Save River overflowing in , Manicaland measures at points of entry (PoEs) and to provide critical services to returning province © IOM 2021 migrants. As of the 13 of January 2021, Zimbabwe recorded 23,239 cases of COVID- 19 and 551 deaths. FLASH FLOOD SITUATION

MANICALAND MASHONALAND CENTRAL MIDLANDS

Chipinge district remains on high alert for According to the Rural District Council, Due to the most recent floods, 20 households flooding as rains continue to fall. According to has been hit tremendously had their houses destroyed resulting in loss of the Chipinge Zimbabwe National Water by cyclone Chalene where wards 20 and property and food in Gokwe South. All 20 Authority (ZINWA) Engineer, flooding upstream 25 have seen the biggest destruction. households received tents according to the causes flooding in Save River resulting in small Over 200 households have been District Development Committee. The rivers overflowing. This results in flooding in destroyed in ward 20 and 168 households immediate needs of the affected population the following communities: Tongogara Refugee in ward 25. In addition, 7 classrooms were are food and non-food items such as tents and Camp, Chibuwe, Gumira and in destroyed at Danda school in Zaka hygiene kits. Chipinge District. district.

BEITBRIDGE IOM continues to support the in COVID-19 control and prevention, a total of 422 commercial truck drivers were screened at Port Health with the support of IOM nurses in the past day. IOM also screened 344 pedestrians (212 males, 132 females).

IOM distributed food, dignity kits and facilitated testing for COVID-19 to support the safe and dignified return of 23 Stranded Malawian Migrants (20 Males and 3 Females). One male is currently isolated in Beitbridge isolation centre due to testing positive for COVID-19 and the others have been transported to for further processing.

50 involuntarily returned migrants (40 males and 10 females) were received from various police stations within the Limpopo province. Among this case, 1 male is currently isolated at the Beitbridge isolation centre after tesing positive for COVID-19. A total 81 individuals (58 males and 23 females) are currently held at Beitbridge isolation centre due to testing positive for COVID- IOM providing a pre-assistance briefing to support the safe and dignified 19. return of Malawian migrants in Beitbridge © IOM 2021

CONTACT IOM Zimbabwe Preparedness and Response Unit Chief of Mission, Mario Lito Malanca Displacement Tracking Matrix [email protected] +263 242 704285/7/88/99 [email protected]; www.zimbabwe.iom.int