Zimbabwe's economy to shrink by 4.5 pct due to impact of COVID-19: finance minister

Zimbabwe's Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube delivers the mid-term budget and economic review statement in Harare, Zimbabwe, July 16, 2020. Zimbabwe's economy is projected to shrink by 4.5 percent in 2020 from 3 percent earlier projected due to the negative impact of the COVID-19, Mthuli Ncube said Thursday. (Xinhua/Wanda)