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Zimbabwe’s Minister of Health and Child Care, who is also Vice President of the country Rt Gen Constantine Chiwenga has said the country is yet to detect the new Covid-19 variant, recently discovered in South Africa.
“Zimbabwe is yet to detect this new variant among the few cases being reported in the country,” said Chiwenga in a press statement.
“New samples will be collected for genomic sequencing from among the cases being detected at points of entry and from any clusters. Strict mnitoring of movements at points of entry/border posts is being intensified to minimise the introduction of this new vatiant into the country.”
Chiwenga moved to “assure the nation that there was no need to panic” as the “control measures are in place and will mitigate against any variant.”
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