By A Correspondent- Government has revealed that malaria cases have declined with the health ministry recording drops in weekly cases and deaths.

In a statement on twitter, the ministry of Health and Child Care said:

“Malaria cases decline.

In general, we are seeing the weekly cases and deaths start to drop as we go into winter. This decline can be attributed in large part to the following response activities implemented in the outbreak affected areas:

• active testinga nd treatment of cases by village health workers
• mass net distribution in six districts of Matabeleland South and Matatbeleland North
• targeted spraying of affected wards in Mutoko, Mutasa and Chiredzi districts
• capacitation of health workers and village health workers with COVID-19 PPEs.”