A journalist was detained by the police after he went to investigate a suspected coronavirus death at Chiredzi District Hospital. Bea...
A journalist was detained by the police after he went to
investigate a suspected coronavirus death at Chiredzi District Hospital.
Beatific Gumbwanda, a journalist with the weekly Tell Zim
News was picked up by police in town reportedly at the instigation of a Central
Intelligence Organisation (CIO) officer soon after visiting the hospital.
Nurses at the hospital are said to be refusing to handle
the deceased’s body as they do not have personal protective equipment. The
deceased, a female, was reportedly admitted at the hospital after being
referred there by one Dr Dube who runs a surgery in town.
Chiredzi District Medical Officer (DMO) Brian Dhladhlara
told TellZim that there was a patient who got admitted at the hospital
yesterday with respiratory challenges, adding that there was panic at the
hospital.
He said specimens will be sent to Harare for tests. The
journalist was later released.
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