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Zimbabwe Doctors, Nurses Down Tools Over COVID-19 PPEs

Columbus Mavhunga

   HARARE, ZIMABABWE - Doctors and nurses in Zimbabwe's public hospitals
   have gone on strike and are vowing not to return until the government
   gives them personal protective equipment so they can safely treat
   suspected coronavirus patients. Public health specialists warn that
   without action to resolve the matter, Zimbabwe could turn into another
   COVID-19 epicenter.

   Doctors and nurses from government hospitals said they went on strike
   because pleas to address their safety concerns had fallen on deaf ears.

   The issue first arose after Zororo Makamba, a well-known TV
   broadcaster, died Monday at Zimbabwe's designated hospital for COVID-19
   patients.

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