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Africa-Press<\/a> – Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>By Thandiwe Garusa<\/b> – ZANU PF activist and socialite Acie Lumumba and MDC Alliance MP for Mutasa Central, Trevor Saruwaka have announced that they have tested Covid-19 positive.<\/p>\n

Lumumba confirmed he, and \u201ca few members of my team\u201d had tested Covid-19 positive.<\/p>\n

\u201cEarlier today I tested positive for covid-19. A few members of my team have also tested positive,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cGet vaccinated. The virus doesn\u2019t move, people move. Stay at home. If we have been in contact in the last 14 days, please isolate and get tested.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, MDC Alliance MP Saruwaka said: \u201cTested Covid 19+ today. Will be self-isolating here in Mbire (Mashonaland Central province) where I had come to see my ailing103-year-old maternal grandmother, who also tested (Covid-19) positive.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have never looked at myself as a private citizen hence my attitude towards freely sharing this information publicly. My hope is my experience is going to help more people understand the disease better.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got vaccinated on the 24th of February and completed my second jab on the 26th of March 2021. I never felt any side effects and although I have tested positive today I am not in any visible distress or discomfort. It was last week on Thursday that I felt some weakness that forced me to retire to be bed very early.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t feel bad enough to seek treatment, currently I am feeling a slight cough, I\u2019m now on medication. Will update as the days move on. My encouragement to all of you guys is to mask up, sanitise and vaccinate (because I think my lack of pain and discomfort is because of the jabs I got earlier in the year), said Saruwaka.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. By Thandiwe Garusa – ZANU PF activist and socialite Acie Lumumba and MDC Alliance MP for Mutasa Central, Trevor Saruwaka have announced that they have tested Covid-19 positive. Lumumba confirmed he, and \u201ca few members of my team\u201d had tested Covid-19 positive. \u201cEarlier today I tested positive for covid-19. 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