HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s Victoria Falls usually teems with tourists who come to marvel at the roaring Zambezi River as it tumbles to the gorge below and sends up a mist that is visible from miles away. The waterfall is still mighty, but the COVID-19 pandemic has reduced visitors to a trickle. To promote Victoria Falls as a safe destination, the Zimbabwean government made vaccines available to all 35,000 residents of the town that shares a name with the waterfall. An estimated 60% accepted the offer. Although tourists have not returned in large numbers, Victoria Falls mostly has been spared the current wave of infections that has swept across southern Africa.
Zimbabwe floods Victoria Falls with vaccines to help tourism
