A man who recently returned from Thailand to Zimbabwe is currently on the run after he escaped from a hospital before a coronavirus test could be carried out on him.
The country’s health ministry said the 26-year-old patient who returned from Thailand late February was admitted at the Wilkins Infectious Disease Hospital on March 8 after he reported symptoms such as sneezing, fever, and cough.
But his medical condition did not meet the WHO case-definition for coronavirus such as acute respiratory illness, but health officials wanted to test him as part of surveillance procedures before he ran away from the hospital on Monday, Zimbabwe’s health ministry said in a statement.
The health ministry also disclosed that they have reported the matter to the police and also sent officials to his home.
So far, Zimbabwe has not recorded a case of the coronavirus virus.
