“We are keeping him until we get results. Physically his temperature is normal and he doesn’t have any symptoms. The police are happy that he is now back at Wilkins Hospital.”

By A Correspondent – The suspected coronavirus patient who escaped from Harare’s Wilkins Infectious Diseases Hospital yesterday has returned to the institution.

The 26-year-old Thai man had earlier on been spotted at a pharmacy in Chisipite looking for medication for coronavirus. He was at the time in the company of his father.

He was spotted by a ZimEye reader who quickly alerted police.

It could not at the time of writing be established if the police are the ones who influenced or caused him to return to the hospital.

Our contributor told ZimEye: “just to let you know that l am the one who took those pictures and sent … them around. I also alerted the police so they are aware and taking action. Hope l find you well. The pharmacist confirmed that they were buying medicine that linked to the virus and that the pharmacy did not have all of it.

“I alerted the pharmacist that there was a patient who is suspected of having contracted the disease but ran before they were tested and confirmed. The description on the article matched the people l met that’s why l alerted my friends as well as the police. So just for your info and not confirming that this was the patient on the run, l confirm that it’s true an incident like that happened in the morning.”

Meanwhile, the latest development was confirmed by the City of Harare Health Director, Dr Prosper Chonzi who said:
“We are keeping him until we get results. Physically his temperature is normal and he doesn’t have any symptoms. The police are happy that he is now back at Wilkins Hospital.”