Manhunts have begun after hundreds of people, some with the coronavirus, fled quarantine centers in Zimbabwe and Malawi.
Manhunts have begun after hundreds of people, some with the coronavirus, fled quarantine centers in Zimbabwe and Malawi in a mass outbreak that has authorities worried about further spreading of COVID-19 in countries whose health systemsIn Malawi, more than 400 people recently repatriated from South Africa and elsewhere fled a center at a stadium in Blantyre, jumping over a fence or strolling out the gate while police and health workers watched.
At least 46 escapees had tested positive for the virus. Some of those who fled told reporters they had bribed police. In Zimbabwe, police spokesman Paul Nyathi said officers were “hunting down” more than 100 people who escaped from centers where a 21-day quarantine is mandatory for those returning from abroad.“They escape and sneak into the villages. … We are warning people to stop sheltering them. These escapees are becoming a serious danger to communities,” Nyathi said.
Nearly all of Zimbabwe’s 75 new coronavirus cases this week came from centers that hold hundreds of people who have returned, sometimes involuntarily, from neighboring South Africa and Botswana.
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