On the 8th of April Zimbabwe recorded its third death from corona virus amid concerns of the government’s lack of preparedness in tacking the highly contagious disease.
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https://www.thestandard.co.zw/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/manenji-dir-FINAL.mp4According to the Ministry of Health, the person’s death brings the number of people who have succumbed COVID-19 to three. There are eleven cases recorded so far in the country.
In a statement, the ministry said the person died Wednesday at the Wilkins Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit in Harare.
“He was a 50-year-old male resident of Harare, who had travelled to the United Kingdom and returned home on the 21st of March 2020. He started exhibiting mild symptoms and alerted the local COVID-19 Rapid Response Team on the 1st of April 2020, which went to assess him at home and collected samples for testing.
“He was diagnosed of COVID-19 with an underlying comorbidity on the 2nd of April 2020 and initially, was being managed at home. His condition however deteriorated and the local medical team immediately went to stabilize him.”
The ministry says the deceased will be buried in line with Public Health Act regulations. Health expert say people who die of coronavirus COVID-19 are buried 24 hours after their death with a couple of less than 10 witnesses.
