Zim at high risk of Coronavirus outbreak

MEDICAL experts and stakeholders are pleading with government to scale up its preparedness on the coronavirus after a mapping by global health experts showed the country having a high risk of infection because of travel links with affected countries.

The coronavirus has affected 65 countries with new infections and deaths being recorded in Europe and China, countries that have higher travel connections with Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe is among countries which are high risk based on volume of air traffic connections between each African country and Chinese regions heavily impacted by the virus.

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