Government should take the lead in adhering to Covid-19 protocols

The government of Zimbabwe has on record encouraged the general citizenry to ensure total conformity to the World Health Organisation (WHO) rules and regulations meant to curtail the spread of the pandemic.
Great strides have been made in trying to ensure that the spread of the deadly virus is kept under constant check including lockdown measures to minimise movement of people, arrest and fining of people who do not adhere to safety rules like masking up among other measures.
Masvingo Teachers’ College of late recorded more than 150 cases of the new variant called Omicron among student teachers at the tertiary institution after the variant was detected in neighboring Botswana and South Africa.
A few days later, the country’s vice president who is also the Health minister had the guts to address a crowd of residents in Masvingo during the third anniversary of the national cleanup campaign.
A month ago, a huge crowd turned up for the commissioning of the Amarula plant in Mwenezi by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in what looked like a political rally.
Then the question that comes to mind is: Is this call to adhere to the rules and regulations spelt out by WHO rhetoric or not?
There seems to be lack of sincerity on part of our leadership when it comes to the issue of gathering crowds as there seems to be selective definition of such gatherings going along lines of subjectivity at the expense of objectivity.
Just in the wake of the high number of cases being recorded in Masvingo, was it not advisable for the minister of Health to avoid gathering people in the area which seems to be a hotspot for the new Omicron variant.
The complacency that has been doing rounds at the lips of most people seems to be extending even to the executive who should take charge and play a leading role after all.
The situation at most if not all banking halls in Masvingo, is not pleasant at all as people jostle to get their 13th cheque and the exposure to the variant of the people in the queues should be a cause for concern for the country’s leadership.