UK returnees test positive for Covid-19
Ministry of Health and Child Care has confirmed that two UK returnees tested positive for COVID-19.
The two are part of a group of 65 Zimbabwe citizens who recently returned from the United Kingdom and presently quarantined at Belvedere in Harare.
The two males who tested positive are 49 and 25 years old Harare residents.
The United Kingdom is an epicentre of the dreaded COVID-19 virus which to date has killed 9 Zimbabweans in that country. To date, there are 133,495 infected and 18,100 deaths.
About Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus.
Most people who fall sick with COVID-19 will experience mild to moderate symptoms and recover without special treatment.
HOW IT SPREADS
The virus that causes COVID-19 is mainly transmitted through droplets generated when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or exhales. These droplets are too heavy to hang in the air, and quickly fall on floors or surfaces.
You can be infected by breathing in the virus if you are within close proximity of someone who has COVID-19, or by touching a contaminated surface and then your eyes, nose or mouth.