President Mnangagwa’s spokesperson, George Charamba has dismissed as false the claims that indisposed Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has returned from China.

According to Charamba, Chiwenga spoke to President Mnangagwa by phone on Monday and the VP is continuing treatment in China.

Charamba’s response comes when some local publications had claimed that the former military boss had returned from China with a number of Chinese doctors for further treatment at home.

Chiwenga was airlifted from South Africa to China where a team of doctors from Zimbabwe, South Africa, China and India are said to be attending to him.

Recently, President Mnangagwa revealed that Chiwenga was recovering and was about to undergo real treatment.

Some observers, however, were sceptical of Mnangagwa’s remarks saying if they were true, the government would not be sending Chiwenga’s close family members to stay close to him.

For the past eight months, Chiwenga has been in and outside the hospital.