1 Of 47 Contacts Of Bulawayo Man Who Died Of Coronavirus Show COVID-19 Symptoms - Ministry Of Health

The Ministry of Health on Thursday night announced that an individual who was in contact with a Bulawayo man who recently succumbed to coronavirus was found exhibiting symptoms of the deadly pandemic.

This was revealed in a coronavirus update. The update read in part:

Active contact tracing for case #11 from Bulawayo is in progress and to date, we have identified 47 primary contacts of this case. One of these had symptoms suggestive of COVID-19. In line with our intensified surveillance and expanded testing strategy these will be followed up for 21-days and tested accordingly. The Ministry will update the nation on the outcome of these tests.

The Ministry released results of the coronavirus tests for deceased on the 7th of April when he had passed away in hospital on Saturday 4th April 2020.

The man initially presented to a General Practitioner on the 23rd of March 2020 with a history of cough, sore throat and fever but did not improve on oral antibiotic treatment, went to a local hospital on the 2 April 2020 where he was admitted and eventually died.

What is frightening is that the deceased’s contacts had their own contacts who also had a chain of contacts making it difficult to track, test and quarantine them.