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COVID-19 floods Zim hospitals

COVID-19 floods Zim hospitals

MacDONALD DZIRUTWE WHEN Zimbabwe's rich and powerful get sick, they often go abroad in search of the best treatment money can buy; ousted President Robert Mugabe died in a hospital in Singapore in 2019. With travel curtailed by the coronavirus, that luxury is not available, exposing the elite to a truth the majority has long known: Zimbabwe's health system has been crumbling for years and is now struggling to cope with a spike in COVID-19 cases. Anger among overwhelmed medics is adding to broader public dissatisfaction with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who pledged an economic revival after he took over from…
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South Africa’s coronavirus cases cross 700,000, says health ministry

South Africa’s coronavirus cases cross 700,000, says health ministry

SOUTH African coronavirus cases reported since the first infection in early March surpassed 700,000, the health ministry has announced, amid fears of an impending second wave as the nation battles an economic recession. Some 2,019 new cases were identified, taking the total to 700,203 the ministry said. There have been 18,370 deaths in South Africa, while 629,260 people have recovered from COVID-19 and 4,505,553 have been tested. The health ministry had recently warned of a second wave of the pandemic in the country of 58 million people if citizens and authorities become complacent and stop taking precautions. After a sharp…
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