By Staff Reporter FORTY-NINE (49) returnees from neighbouring South Africa have been quarantined in Beitbridge after a Munenzva bus was intercepted by authorities carrying a passenger who had come from India with a fake Covid-19 clearance certificate.
The bus was intercepted by the Rapid Response Team on Sunday during a routine Covid-19 screening.
The woman (name withheld) is reportedly in isolation while further investigations into the incident are being conducted according to Beitbridge District Medical Officer Dr Lenos Samhere.
“Indications are that the passenger came from India 10 days ago via South Africa, where she allegedly obtained a fake Covid-19 clearance certificate before travelling to Zimbabwe,” he said.
Dr Samhere added: “this was discovered by our port health team and we have tested her for Covid-19. Currently, she has been put into isolation pending the outcome of the PCR results later today. We have also put the other passengers into quarantine”.
In December last year, hundreds were stranded at the country’s borders with South Africa and Botswana due to suspected cases of fake Covid-19 clearance certificates.
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