List of the certified Covid-19 testing centres

It has come to the attention of the Ministry Of Health and Child Care that there are Laboratories carrying out Covid 19 testing without the prior requirement of assessment and certification.

The Ministry of Health and Child Care wishes to advise the public that only Laboratories that have been assessed and certified by the Ministry of Health and Child Care in collaboration with the Medical Laboratory and Clinical Scientists Council of Zimbabwe and the World Health Organization are the only laboratories approved to carry out Covid 19 testing and publish results.

Any Laboratory that wishes to carry out Covid 19 testing should apply to the Medical Laboratory and Clinical Scientist Council of Zimbabwe.

1. Lancet laboratories

2. PSMI Harare Branch

3. Cimas Harare laboratory

4. Diagnopath laboratory Harare

5. Klosad Laboratory Harare

6. Mater Dei Hospital Laboratory (DLS)

7. Multi Tech

8. Flow Cytometry

9. Haematology Centre

10. Bioexpress Laboartory

11. Genau Laboratory

12. Patholgy Laboratory

13. Unki Mine Laboratory

1. National Microbiology Reference Laboratories

2. National TB Reference Laboratory

3. Plumtree District Hospital

4. Gwanda Provincial Hospital

5. Beitbridge District Hospital

6. St Lukes Mission Hospital

7. Victoria Falls Hospital

8. Gutu Mission Hospital

9. Masvingo Provincial Hospital

10. Gweru Provincial Hospital

11. Chinhoyi Provincial Hospital

12. Kadoma General Hospital

13. Marondera Provincial Hospital

14. St Alberts Mission Hospital

15. Bindura Provincial Hospital

16. Rusape General Hospital

17. Mutare Provincial Hospital

18. Chipinge District Hospital

19. Sally Mugabe Central Hospital

20. Parirenyatwa Central Hospital

21. National Virology Reference Laboratory

22. Chitungwiza Central Hospital

23. Chikurubi Maximum Prison

24. Thorngrove Hospital Laboratory

25. Beatrice Road Infectiuos Diseases Hospital

26. Josiah Tongogara Magama

Research and Non-Governmental Organizations

1. Population Service International (PSI)

2. Biomedical Research and Training Institute (BRTI)

3. African Institute Of Biomedical Sciences and Technology (AIBST)

1. Lancet

2. Genau

All results from any unauthorized laboratory shall be regarded as invalid and of no use for the purposes for which they were intended to serve.

Any health institution concerned which contravenes Part XVII, section 99(1) of the Health Professions Act [Chapter 27:19] shall be dealt with in terms of section 99(2) of the same Act.