There is a suspected COVID-19 death in Chiredzi and ZRP officers have reportedly detained a journalist who was coming from the hospital to verify the story, TellZim reports.
According to the publication:
Beatific Gumbwanda was picked up by police in town today reportedly at the instigation of a Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) officer soon after visiting the hospital.
Nurses at the hospital are said to be refusing to handle the deceased’s body as they do not have personal protective equipment.
The deceased, a female, was reportedly admitted at the hospital after being referred there by one Dr Dube who runs a surgery in town.
When contacted for comment, Chiredzi District Medical Officer (DMO) Brian Dhladhlara told TellZim that there was a patient who got admitted at the hospital yesterday with respiratory challenges, adding that there was panic at the hospital.
He said specimens will be sent to Harare for tests.
Meanwhile, a 79-year-old Bulawayo man who died on Saturday’s specimens tested positive for COVID-19 3 days after his death.
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