By Investigative Editor | A 7y old girl who the government says has Malaria (but tested COVID positive) has dropped dead at Mapiravana Clinic. She has no travel history but had physical contact with a Malaria patient at St Theresa. Her symptoms were: abdominal pains, fever, general weakness for over 3 weeks.
Meanwhile Ministry Of Health officials have instructed practitioners to register the death as that of Malaria.
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She was given the below prescription drugs:
A 7y old girl who govt says has Malaria but tested COVID + has dropped dead at Mapiravana Clinic. She has no travel history but had physical contact with a Malaria death at St Theresa. Her symptoms: abdominal pains, fever, gen weakness for 3 wks. @WHO_Zimbabwe @MuzvareBetty pic.twitter.com/YK017T3UUk
— ZimEye (@ZimEye) April 30, 2020
Efforts to obtain a comment from Health Minister, Obadiah Moyo were fruitless at the time of publishing as his phone was ringing without being answered.