The Health Minister Obadiah Moyo was contacted by ZimEye at 6pm on the matter but would not comment further …

A report alleges that Wilkins Infectious Diseases Hospital in Harare has admitted a visitor who recently travelled to China with symptoms of the deadly coronavirus (COVID-19).

The hospital was under virtual lockdown from around 1pm with armed guards controlling movement of people.

Sources said the hospital has since transfered all its patients to Beatrice Road Infectious Diseases Hospital also in the capital.

“An emergency meeting has been called and the Government is soon expected to make an announcement,”  a source at the Ministry of Health said.

The Health Minister Obadiah Moyo was contacted by ZimEye at 6pm on the matter but would not comment further on the matter.

More to follow..