Macron said EU countries must be careful not to allow new variants to spread, adding that the EU was watching developments in Britain, which has seen a steep rise in the weekly reported cases of the Delta variant.
Price said one local staff member at the embassy had died in an outbreak at the embassy, which he said was largely impacting staff who were not vaccinated or not fully vaccinated against the virus.
The coronavirus pandemic hit just as Zimbabwe's economy had contracted by six percent in 2019, partly due to monster cyclone Idai and a devastating drought.