Zanu PF members test positive for covid-19

Yesterday, Zanu PF took time to address reports that its national chairperson and Defence Minister Oppah Muchinguri Kashiri had tested positive for covid-19.

In the statement released on Wednesday, Zanu PF said 154 members of its staff were tested for COVID-19.

The party did not reveal any names leaving Zimbabweans on Twitter to speculate over the identity of the 26 staff members who had tested positive.

Savanna News publishes the press release by Zanu PF below:

SPECIAL PRESS RELEASE

05 August 2020 SPECIAL PRESS RELEASE ON THE RESULTS OF THE MANDATORY TESTING OF STAFF FOR COVID19 AT THE PARTY HEADQUATERS DONE ON 28 JULY 2020

In compliance with the World Health Organisation protocols requiring institutions and individuals to be tested for covid19, ZANU PF directed that its staff members working at the Headquarters be tested for Covid19.

The total number of personnel who underwent mandatory testing on 28 July 2020 is 154.

The results have just come out showing that 26 tested positive to covid19. Those affected are being informed. Those who have since been informed have been advised to go into self-isolation in line with the normal World Health Organisation (WHO) protocols on Covid19.

Below are some of the reactions by Zimbabweans on Twitter to the press release:

Yenyu ichawuyawo shamu inemunyu pic.twitter.com/XNtOjvYW5O

— Munhuwo zvake (@justicetkvd1) August 5, 2020

Inga zvakanzi ma non essential service providers garai kumba wani imi mukutsvagei ikoko ,ifai

— nehoreka87 (@nehoreka87) August 5, 2020

its a welcome development however 26 is a small number ngadziwedzere futi. ngavazadzane zadzane

— Magorira (@ClemeSenator) August 5, 2020

God is saying something🙊 #ZimbabweanLivesMatter

— BLESSED (@BLESSYTINATSEYI) August 5, 2020

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