Zimbabwe Covid-19 deaths pass 1,000 as infections surge

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Zimbabwe's Covid-19 deaths have passed 1,000 as the country scrambles to contain a spike in infections of the virus that has said the lives of three government ministers in the last 10 days.

There are fears the more infectious South African variant of the virus came to the country when thousands of Zimbabweans living in the neighbouring countries returned home for the December holiday.

Doctors' groups say that hospitals are quickly filling up with Covid-19 patients and that there is an increase in the number of infected people dying at home, unable to afford the steep fees charged by hospitals.

 

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