Patient flees Zimbabwe hospital before coronavirus test can be carried out

The 26-year-old patient returned from Thailand late February and was admitted at the Wilkins Infectious Disease Hospital on March 8 after he reported symptoms such as sneezing, fever, and cough, the ministry said.His medical condition did not meet the WHO case-mdefinition for coronavirus such as acute respiratory illness, but health officials wanted to test him as part of surveillance procedures before he ran away from the hospital on Monday, Zimbabwe's health ministry said in a statement.The health ministry has reported the matter to the police and also sent officials to his home.Zimbabwe has not recorded a case of the coronavirus virus. Meanwhile, African countries are preparing against the pandemic and have put in place initiatives to protect their citizens. In Rwanda's capital Kigali, passengers must wash their hands with soap from mobile faucets installed at bus stops before they get on board. A video of residents washing their hands with these facilities in Kigali was shared by local newspaper New Times on Tuesday.So far, ten African countries including Algeria, Burkina Faso, South Africa, Senegal, Tunisia, Togo, Egypt, Cameroon, Nigeria and Morocco have reported nearly 100 coronavirus cases, the World Health Organization said on TueRead More – Source

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