Coronavirus – Zimbabwe: COVID-19 Update (3 May 2020)

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The Ministry would like to report that all the PCR tests done in Harare and Bulawayo on the 2^nd of May 2020 were negative for COVID-19.

A total of 920 tests were done as shown in table 1 below, giving a total of 11647 screening and diagnostics tests done to date. Results to follow.

Table 1: Distribution of tests done

Province	Number of tests done
Mash West	24
Mat. North	7
Bulawayo	287*
Masvingo	70
Mash. Central	8
Mash. East	6
Midlands	16
Manicaland	56
Harare	446*
TOTAL	920

*Disaggregation of tests done by province was not available at the time of print

Therefore, to date, Zimbabwe has thirty-four confirmed cases, including five recoveries and four deaths.

Table 2: Number of confirmed cases to date

Province	No. of Confirmed Cases
Matabeleland North	1
Bulawayo	12
Harare	13
Mashonaland East	5
Mashonaland West	3
Total	34

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 and exercise social distancing.

As announced by His Excellency, The President Cde. E.D. Mnangagwa the re-opening of industry and commerce during the Lockdown Extension effective 4 May 2020, is premised on the mandatory testing of employers and employees. The Ministry has put in place the following plan to ensure immediate implementation of this policy:

• Designated public health facilities that conduct routine screening and medical examination foe workers will now also conduct COVID- 19 rapid testing.

• To expedite the testing process. companies are encouraged to procure the COVID-19 Rapid test kits for themselves. guided by the Ministry in terms of test kits specifications.

• Employers must arrange with the designated testing facilities (public and private) for their employees to be tested at an agreed time as the facilities or at the workplace.

• Companies should ensure adequate space and conditions for testing (social distancing, infection prevention and control. privacy etc).
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Health and Child Care, Zimbabwe.