Daily News|CONTEMPORARY jiti musician Baba Harare is in perfect condition after experiencing severe chest pains and breathing problems that saw him undergoing screening for the dreaded Covid-19.

Social media was awash with claims that the singer had been admitted at Wilkins Hospital with symptoms of the much-feared virus.

His team yesterday set the record straight saying the singer was never detained at the hospital or ferried there by an ambulance.

“He was having chest pains and experienced difficulties in breathing. We are at a time where the country is fighting coronavirus and breathing difficulty is also among the symptoms. Just to be on the safe side he presented himself to the hospital and the tests were done and he was negative,” his manager Filda Muchabaiwa affectionately known as Mother Filo said.

The development comes a week after his close pal and sungura musician Peter Moyo saw his name being subject to social media circulation which claimed he had contracted the virus.

Asked if it was not a publicity stunt, Mother Filo said coronavirus is serious that no one would claim cheap publicity points.

 “This is something serious and the disease is killing people that no-one would want to score some points. However, this will not put him down and he will come out stronger,” she said.

“It is unfortunate that we find ourselves in such a position, explaining and making public someone’s health details but in the interest of transparency we had to do it. Social media is becoming dangerous these days, inflaming things out of proportion,” Mother Filo said.