Jane Mlambo| Government has announced that the ailing vice President Constantino Chiwenga has been flown to China for further ‘medical tests’.

Chiwenga whose boss, Emmerson Mnangagwa described as terribly unwell, has not been seen in public for over two months now is according to government recovering and his trip to China is to allow the eastern giant’s medical experts to also attend to him.

There has been widespread speculation that Chiwenga was in a South African hospital while other sources who tracked a flight which he was reportedly using hinted that he was in India and government could have made the decision to shed light on his whereabouts to undo rumor mills around his condition.

Below is the full government statement on Chiwenga:

Following last week’s President statement on Vice President CGDN Chiwenga’s health and recovery status, the Office of the President and Cabinet wishes to inform the Nation that the Vice President this week left for the People’s Republic of China where he is set to undergo further medical tests. His relocation to China, which builds on the satisfactory recovery progress he has been making, follows weekend discussions at the highest level between Governments of Zimbabwe and China, at which a decision was taken to allow Chinese medical experts to join their expert counterparts from Zimbabwe, South Africa and India in attending to the Vice President.