\n
<\/span><\/div>\n

\nCooped up in an isolation ward, a
\nyoung Zimbabwean man who had been diagnosed with Covid-19 pleaded with his
\nfamily for help.<\/span><\/div>\n

\nThirty-year-old Zororo Makamba was “alone and scared”,
\naccording to his older brother who spoke to Zimbabwe’s privately owned Daily
\nNews newspaper.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

\nMakamba was being treated in the Wilkins Hospital, designated as
\nthe main isolation facility for coronavirus patients in Zimbabwe’s capital,
\nHarare.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

\nShortly after he talked to his family, he was dead.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

\nThe death of Makamba, a well-known journalist, came swiftly –
\nless than three days after his diagnosis.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Famous
\nfor his online social and political commentary, under the banner “State of
\nthe Nation”, his death achieved an unwanted milestone.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

\nHe
\nwas the country’s first coronavirus casualty and it shocked Zimbabwe.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

\nThe
\nfact that Makamba came from a wealthy, high-profile family did not save him,
\nand family members have argued that his death has exposed the inadequacies of
\nthe country’s medical response to the threat of coronavirus.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

\n“The
\ngovernment is ill-prepared to deal with the virus,” older brother Tawanda
\nMakamba told the Daily News.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

\nThe
\nhealth ministry said his pre-existing condition made him vulnerable to the
\ndisease. He had undergone surgery last November to remove a tumour from under
\nhis lung and was in recovery.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

\nWhile
\nhis family admit that his immune system was compromised, they insist that his
\ndeath could have been avoided.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n

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