Cain Manzira (55) of Borrowdale, Harare, appeared before
the Harare Magistrates’ Court charged with producing fake Covid-19 results. Manzira
is jointly charged with Enerstine Manzira.
The duo denied the charges when they appeared before
magistrate Ms Tendai Muchini, who remanded them to February 25 on free bail.
The State had it that on January 7, Ms Phumuzile Patricia
Dutiro, a Ministry of Health and Child Care’s port health officer was on duty
checking the authenticity of PCR results being presented by people, and she
raised suspicion over Cain’s certificate from Urea Breath Centre (UBC).
Ms Dutiro then lodged a complaint with police at Robert
Gabriel Mugabe International Airport, leading to investigations.
Police investigations revealed that the duo had tested
positive after undergoing tests at Lancet Laboratories in Harare on January 6. The
two allegedly obtained fake UBC certificates for them to travel to the US.
Investigations also revealed that Cain was once tested for
Covid-19 at UBC Laboratories on August 25 last year. Cain and Enerstine were
arrested and taken to court charged with producing fake Covid-19 test
certificates.
Silent Takudzwa Masawi (21) was also arrested at the
airport while trying to travel outside the country using a fake Covid-19 test
certificate he purported to have obtained from Sally Mugabe Central Hospital.
He separately appeared before the same magistrate on
similar charges.
It is alleged that on January 18, Masawi was at RGM
International Airport when Ms Dutiro noted that his certificate had no barcode,
with fake serial numbers. The certificate was also not dated 2021, according to
the State.
It is said the date stamps, which were on the certificate,
were not from Sally Mugabe Central Hospital, leading to his arrest. Masawi was
remanded to February 25 on $5 000 bail. Herald
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