Zimbabwe Prison and Correctional Services has said they were surprised to learn that journalist Hopewell Chin’ono is sick on social media because as far as they are concerned he is well, The Herald reports.
This was revealed by ZPCS spokesperson Superintendent Meya Khanyezi who spoke to the publication and said:
As far as we are concerned, he is well, but to our surprise, social media is awash with unconfirmed reports that he is not well. However, as the ZPCS we have allowed his personal doctor to go and see him.
ZPCS reportedly further claimed that it has a team of medical personnel who attended to Hopewell and he is not sick according to their prognosis. However, they allowed his own personal doctor to attend to him.
Chin’ono who according to lawyer Douglas Coltart had a fever, body aches and a headache was tested for COVID-19. This follows reports that 6 people in Jacob Ngarivhume’s prison cell tested positive for COVID-19.
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