The Ministry of Health and Child Care said the latest case
involved a 50-year old male resident of Harare who had travelled to the United
Kingdom and returned home on March 21.
The patient started exhibiting symptoms and the rapid
response team went to assess him from home and proceeded to take samples for
testing, which came back positive.
The first case was confirmed on March 20, 2020 and involved
a 38-year-old male from Victoria Falls who had returned from the United
Kingdom. So far none of his contacts has tested positive.
In its daily alert of March 30, 2020, the Ministry of
Health and Child Care reported his condition to be stable and mild.
On March 21, the National Microbiology Reference Laboratory
confirmed another case of a 30-year-old male from Harare who had travelled from
the United States. One of his contacts, a 30-year-old male later tested
positive for Covid-19.
This second case, later died in admission at Wilkins
Infectious Disease Hospital, Harare, becoming the first Covid-19 death in the
country.
On March 24, the laboratory confirmed another case
involving a 52-year-old male from Ruwa who had travelled from Dubai.
Three contacts of this case, a 40-year-old female, a
24-year-old female and a 21-year-old male have since tested positive to
Covid-19.
On March 26, Government also confirmed another case of a
24-year-old female who had travelled from the US.
Epidemiology and Disease Control director in the Ministry
of Health and Child Care Dr Portia Manangazira recently said there might be
need to retest some of the contacts who initially tested negative, arguing that
they might have been tested too early.
“We might need to retest all those contacts who initially
tested negative because we might have tested them too early,” said Dr Manangazira.
Herald
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