{"id":26083,"date":"2020-08-04T22:14:54","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T20:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=26083"},"modified":"2020-08-04T22:14:54","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T20:14:54","slug":"mdc-alliance-mp-ruth-labode-tests-positive-for-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mdc-alliance-mp-ruth-labode-tests-positive-for-coronavirus","title":{"rendered":"MDC Alliance MP Ruth Labode tests positive for Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Health and MDC Senator Ruth Labode has tested positive of the deadly Coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>The results were confirmed by MDC Alliance Youth Assembly Deputy Secretary for International Relations Discent Collins Bajila on Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have received the sad news that the Chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Health Dr @LabodeRuth has tested COVID-19 positive. Let\u2019s remember her in our prayers and support her materially as she fights the virus. May the Biblical Ruth in her win,\u201d Bajila said.<\/p>\n<p>Labode\u2019s results were revealed a day after Harare South MP Tongai Mnangagwa tested positive of the deadly virus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Health and MDC Senator Ruth Labode has tested positive of the deadly Coronavirus. 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