SINCE the first COVID-19 case in Zimbabwe early this year, the country has done well in managing the situation.

While we appreciate the divine favour in cases of COVID-19 prevalence, we are alive to the fact that the low numbers that we have in Zimbabwe are no doubt attributed to our low testing capacity.

It is a fact that quarantine centres are the new hotspots for COVID-19 transmission.

If the country is to move in the right direction in controlling the spread of COVID-19, we should up our game on testing, contact tracing and isolating and security around the quarantine centres.

Moreso, there would be no reason of putting returnees in those centres when the minimal public health practices – wearing face masks and social distancing – are not being practised in the quarantine centres.