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Zimbabwe Health Minister Denies Hospitals Overwhelmed by Virus
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January 15, 2021
(Bloomberg) Zimbabwean Health Minister Constantino Chiwenga denied reports that the country’s hospitals are overwhelmed amid a surge in the coronavirus, calling them an “exaggeration.”
“The recent escalation of cases of the pandemic in the country caused a high demand for health care,” Chiwenga said in an emailed statement. “Nonetheless, let me reassure citizens that Zimbabwe’s public and private health institutions still have adequate capacity to offer health services to all patients.”
Public hospitals are under strain due to a shortages of beds and equipment, the Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights said on Jan. 6. The Health Ministry on Jan. 13 sought tenders for the supply of medical oxygen.
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Zimbabwe bans traditional funerals as Covid-19 cases surge
Tuesday January 12 2021
Pallbearers carry the coffin of late Zimbabwe s agriculture minister Perrance Shiri at his funeral in Harare on July 31, 2020. Mr Shiri succumbed to Covid-19. Zimbabwe has banned families from transporting dead relatives to their areas of birth for burial to curb virus spread. PHOTO | AFP
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Police also banned public viewing of bodies and the tradition of having a corpse stay overnight in the family’s home before burial.
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Zimbabwe has banned families from transporting dead relatives to their areas of birth for burial as it battles to halt the spread of the coronavirus.