By A Correpsondent| A top Zimbabwean Scientist based in London, Dr Paul Matewele has died.

Dr Matewele passed on after a battle with a Coronavirus infection, his employers said in a statement.

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Described as a “gentle giant,” Dr Paul Matewele who was a senior lecturer in microbiology immunology at London Metropolitan University, died at Barnet Hospital in London.

He had published several studies on the dangers of life-threatening bacteria being passed through cash and public transport.

He has been praised as “a larger than life character, very funny and kind.”