BULAWAYO: Residents here have called upon government to speed-up the testing of the COVID-19 virus in order to identify and limit its spread.
Zimbabwe has witnessed low figures of COVID-19 infections compared to other countries where the virus has ravaged communities killing thousands of people.
COVID-19 is a highly infectious disease caused by the coronavirus.
Zimbabwe reported its first case on 20 May and the number of people tested for the virus remains low in a country of over 14 million people.
Since then, 34 people have tested positive including four deaths and five recoveries.
Bulawayo residents recommended door-to-door COVID-19 testing as a way of limiting the spread of the deadly virus.
Nkosiphile Zondo said testing citizens was ideal as the government would appreciate how to respond to the outbreak.
