BY NOKUTHABA DLAMINI
All people that have so far died of Covid-19 at public institutions in Matabeleland North since the province started rolling out its vaccination programme, were yet to receive their doses.
Munekayi Padingani, Matabeleland North medical director, said the province has recorded 56 deaths and all of them were people that were not vaccinated for Covid-19.
“We have not had any fatality case related to the vaccinated,” Padingani said.
“We are still, however, receiving positive cases among those who have had their full immunity vaccination doses.
“But the numbers are too marginal compared to those who have not yet done so.
“For instance in week 27 of 2021, we closed that week with 741 cases and of the total, 590 were unvaccinated, 50 were half and fully vaccinated.”
He said 101 cases were yet to be verified because they were tested at private institutions.
Hwange district has the highest number of Covid-19 deaths in Matabeleland North at 24, district medical officer Fungai Musinami said.
The province has 2 157 cumulative cases. At least 101 670 people have received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine while 58 346 are fully vaccinated.The government in March launched an aggressive Covid-19 vaccination programme in Victoria Falls, the largest urban area in Matabeleland North, as a strategy to revive Zimbabwe’s tourism industry.
