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*'Zimbabwe Is Ill-equipped To Deal With Coronavirus'*
https://www.pindula.co.zw/2020/03/07/zimbabwe-is-ill-equipped-to-deal-with-coronavirus/?article

Secretary for Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights Norman Matara has said Zimbabwe’s healthcare system is weak and will not be able to deal with a COVID-19 outbreak.

Speaking in an interview with NewsDay on Friday night, Matara urged the government to up its game in terms of surveillance. He said:

_We have a very weakened healthcare system; we lack basic equipment and we (will be) taking samples to South Africa._

_We don’t have enough resources at the quarantining centre. We don’t have (equipment for computerised tomography (CT) scan, recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for diagnostic._

_We only have two in the public health sector, at Chitungwiza and Parirenyatwa. We don’t even have an adequate ventilator for a continuous supply of oxygen. We need to step up our game in terms of surveillance._

South Africa, which shares a porous border with Zimbabwe, has so far recorded two confirmed cases of coronavirus.

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Meanwhile, there have been no deaths on the African continent from the virus, with confirmed cases having also been recorded in Senegal, Algeria and Nigeria.

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