Harare, 29 January, 2021 / 1:58 pm (ACI Africa).
A Priest ministering in Zimbabwe has, in report, highlighted the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on various members of the society.
In the Friday, January 29 report obtained by ACI Africa, Fr. Limukani Ndlovu notes that numerous “individuals and families are experiencing the agony of grief as a result of the COVID 19 pandemic and its tenets.”
He highlights some instances such as “losing loved ones due to COVID related illnesses, the overwhelming experiences of carrying out funeral proceeding under strange conditions, the lack of the presence of pillars of social and spiritual support in the form of grandparents, aunties, uncles and pastors,” as some of those that mourners have to contend with.
Other related experiences include “the harsh economic conditions aggravated by the lockdown regulations which are subjectively defined by the term ‘essential’, the indefinite closure of schools coupled with the continued silence from relevant authorities, the inaccessibility of medical services, the anxieties, fear of the unknown and worries.”
“All these combined have a serious negative bearing on the individual’s wellbeing as well as that of the entire family,” Fr. Ndlovu says in the report published on the website of the Inter-Regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa (IMBISA).