Zimbabwe: Health Director Remanded in Custody

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Zimbabwe: Health Director Remanded in Custody

[The Herald] THE director of Epidemiology and Disease Control in the Ministry of Health and Child Care Portia Manangazira was yesterday denied bail, as she was likely to interfere with investigations and witnesses, including her parents, who were part of the 28 family members she hired as community health workers to undertake the Covid-19 awareness programme across the country.

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