Zimbabwe reports first COVID-19 case

Zimbabwe has confirmed its first case of the coronavirus as the pandemic reaches a health system that has nearly collapsed amid an economic crisis

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Fri., March 20, 2020

Zimbabwean police wear face masks during a coronavirus awareness campaign launch at State House in Harare, Thursday, March, 19, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness, especially in older adults and people with existing health problems.

Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi Associated Press
A woman walks past a coronavirus awareness campaign poster at State House in Harare, Thursday, March, 19, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness, especially in older adults and people with existing health problems.

Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi Associated Press
An open-air double decker sightseeing bus stops on the slopes of Table Mountain, overlooking the city of Cape Town, South Africa, Friday March, 20, 2020. Anxiety rose in Africa's richest nation Friday as South Africa announced coronavirus cases jumped to 202, the most in the sub-Saharan region, while the country's largest airport announced that foreigners would not be allowed to disembark. And state-owned South African Airways suspended all international flights until June.
A cleaner wears a mask while sweeping the entrance of a hotel in Harare, Zimbabwe , Wednesday, March, 18, 2020. Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa said that the country is cancelling its Independence Day celebrations scheduled for April 18, and declared the outbreak of the coronavirus, a national disaster. For most people the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptons.For some it can cause more severe illness, especially in older adults and pepole with existing health problems.

Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi Associated Press