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Mutare woman’ who died after coronavirus referral was Chinese, Zimbabwe admits
After a day of misinformation, government forced to concede woman who caused coronavirus panic at hospital was Chinese
ByMduduzi Mathuthu
11:37, 08 Mar 2020
BULAWAYO – A woman who died on Friday after being flagged as a potential coronavirus patient was a Chinese national, the government admitted on Sunday after persistent questions from ZimLive.
Health minister Obadiah Moyo declined to answer our questions around the nationality of the woman and her diagnosis on Saturday, hours before the ministry of information issued a statement describing her as a “Mutare woman”.
On Sunday, government spokesman Nick Mangagwa, after initially stating that he was “not aware” of and “not interested” in the woman’s nationality, finally admitted: “I believe she is Oriental, there’s a big chance she’s Chinese.”
The apparent attempts to cover-up circumstances surrounding the woman’s death, and the fact that she is Chinese, will alarm Zimbabweans who have been critical of the government’s reluctance to impose restrictions on travel between China and Zimbabwe in the wake of the fast spreading epidemic.
Sources had told ZimLive how the woman was wheeled into the West End Clinic in Harare at around 11AM on Friday by her husband “looking very sick.” Some nurses and patients apparently ran away and hid in a room.
A doctor who saw her advised her husband to take her to Wilkins Hospital, the infectious diseases facility in Harare which is at the centre of the government’s plans to contain the virus. She died before she could reach the hospital...
Mutare woman’ who died after coronavirus referral was Chinese, Zimbabwe admits
After a day of misinformation, government forced to concede woman who caused coronavirus panic at hospital was Chinese
ByMduduzi Mathuthu
11:37, 08 Mar 2020
BULAWAYO – A woman who died on Friday after being flagged as a potential coronavirus patient was a Chinese national, the government admitted on Sunday after persistent questions from ZimLive.
Health minister Obadiah Moyo declined to answer our questions around the nationality of the woman and her diagnosis on Saturday, hours before the ministry of information issued a statement describing her as a “Mutare woman”.
On Sunday, government spokesman Nick Mangagwa, after initially stating that he was “not aware” of and “not interested” in the woman’s nationality, finally admitted: “I believe she is Oriental, there’s a big chance she’s Chinese.”
The apparent attempts to cover-up circumstances surrounding the woman’s death, and the fact that she is Chinese, will alarm Zimbabweans who have been critical of the government’s reluctance to impose restrictions on travel between China and Zimbabwe in the wake of the fast spreading epidemic.
Sources had told ZimLive how the woman was wheeled into the West End Clinic in Harare at around 11AM on Friday by her husband “looking very sick.” Some nurses and patients apparently ran away and hid in a room.
A doctor who saw her advised her husband to take her to Wilkins Hospital, the infectious diseases facility in Harare which is at the centre of the government’s plans to contain the virus. She died before she could reach the hospital...
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