Obadiah Moyo

THE circumstances leading to the death of media personality Zororo Makamba of coronavirus on Monday at Wilkins Hospital in the capital were tragic.

ZIMBABWE yesterday recorded its first known death from the lethal coronavirus — amid a continuing lack of public vigilance regarding the disease, and fresh doubts about the country’s capacity to deal with the global pandemic, the Daily News…

BELOW is a full statement made to the Daily News by the late Zororo Makamba’s family after he became the first Zimbabwean to succumb to coronavirus at Wilkins Hospital in Harare yesterday.

PARENTS with children studying in China have agreed that they remain in the world’s most populous nation until the deadly coronavirus is contained after getting assurances about their safety from the Chinese government.

THE GOVERNMENT has called on public and private companies to help boost the country’s preparedness against the deadly coronavirus, which has killed 2 625 and infected more than 79 000 people worldwide.

THE Health and Child Care ministry has started distributing antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) in preparation for the deadly coronavirus outbreak that has so far claimed 2 461 lives and infected 79 930 globally.

THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says contractors have abandoned refurbishing the condemned Burombo Flats in Nguboyenja suburb due to the hyper inflationary environment.

ZIMBABWE has recorded its first suspected coronavirus case leading to evacuation of usual patients from Wilkins Infectious Diseases Control Hospital, Harare City health director Prosper Chonzi has said.

THERE was commotion in the National Assembly yesterday after Independent Norton legislator Temba Mliswa accused MDC MP for Mbizo, Settlement Chikwinya, of linking Vice President Constantino Chiwenga to coronavirus, the Daily News reports.

HEALTH and Child Care minister Obadiah Moyo yesterday revealed that Zimbabwe now has 300 testing kits for the 2019 Novel coronavirus, which the World Health Organisation says is now officially referred to as COVID-19.

ZIMBABWE will now be able to test for and diagnose the coronavirus following the attainment of reagents and test kits needed for the process, the Daily News can report.

WITH the continuously deteriorating situation in the public health sector, Zimbabweans are quaking in their boots with fear that the 2019 novel coronavirus could spread into the country.