Last updated on September 11th, 2021 at 02:50 pm
The Ministry of Health and Child Care didi not a single COVID-19 positive case on all 270 rapid screening tests and 279 PCR tests conducted in Harare on Sunday.
Therefore, the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases remain at 36 including 9 recoveries and 4 deaths.
In its coronavirus (COVID-19) update for 10 May 2020 released this Monday morning, the Ministry of Health said cumulatively, Zimbabwe has conducted a total of 11 664 rapid screening tests and 9 872 PCR diagnostic tests to date.
To date, more than 4 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 and more than 270 000 deaths have been reported from more than 210 countries/ territories globally.
The Ministry would like to report that today [10 May 2020], 720 rapid screening tests and 279 PCR tests were done in the public sector.
All the PCR tests done in Harare today were negative for COVID-19. Therefore, to date, Zimbabwe has thirty-six confirmed cases, including nine recoveries and four deaths.
Cumulatively, a total of 11 664 rapid screening tests and 9 872 PCR diagnostic tests have been done to date…
Case #36 reported yesterday is a 30-year-old male resident of Chegutu district, with no recent history of travel, or any known contact with a person with respiratory symptoms.
He was referred for PCR testing after testing positive on a screening test conducted at his workplace using a Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT).
He is asymptomatic, self-isolating at home, with mild disease. Following the COVID-19 diagnosis, the Ministry is now seized with contact tracing being assisted by the patient himself.
Today, surveillance teams from the Ministry identified 7 of his contacts and these will be tested for COVID-19 in line with our intensified surveillance strategy.
The Ministry continues to be on HIGH alert to the COVID-19 pandemic and would like to remind the nation that the most effective ways to protect yourself and others against COVID-19 are to practise good personal hygiene, always wear a face mask in public places and exercise social distancing.
(Pindulanews)
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