Patient suspected of having coronavirus cleared, to be discharged – City of Harare

The Harare City Council has said a patient who had been suspected of possibly having coronavirus has tested negative for the disease.

In a statement the council said:

We would like to confirm that we have a suspected Corona Virus patient at Wilkins Hospital. She was received by our ambulance crew led by Dr Soman Mudariki yesterday afternoon at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport. The 27 year woman arrived aboard an Ethiopian Airlines. She had been to Wuhan but when she travelled she was coming from Guangzhong.

Health Services Director Dr Propsper Chonzi has confirmed that tests proved she was negative. Her parents visited her today. She is expected to be discharged any time from this evening.

Dr Chonzi said council was prepared to deal with all suspected cases.

There had been some level of fear after the clampdown at Wilkins Hospital in Harare.

After tests were done off a sample taken, it is now bein said that there was nothing to worry about.

Over 70,000 cases have been recorded mostly in China with only one confirmed case in Africa.

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