{"id":38788,"date":"2021-04-18T19:40:38","date_gmt":"2021-04-18T17:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=38788"},"modified":"2021-04-18T17:39:51","modified_gmt":"2021-04-18T15:39:51","slug":"zimbabwes-covid-19-case-fatality-among-the-highest-in-the-world-expert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabwes-covid-19-case-fatality-among-the-highest-in-the-world-expert","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe\u2019s COVID-19 Case Fatality Among The Highest In The World \u2013 Expert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Health experts have said Zimbabwe\u2019s COVID-19 case fatalities are among the highest in the world, therefore, whoever gets infected has a greater chance of succumbing to the virus.<\/p>\n<p>Immunologist and Public Health expert, Dr Tinashe Gede attributed the scenario to \u201cfundamentally weaker health infrastructure and our care systems\u201d and Zimbabwe\u2019s COVID-19 \u201cvariant which is a bit of an admixture between all kinds of variants.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Journalists Dr Gede said Africa has been relatively spared in terms of the ravages of COVID-19 despite having fundamentally weaker structural setups. He added:<\/p>\n<p>Even having said that, within Zimbabwe, we have had well over 37,000 confirmed cases over the past year and at least 1700 confirmed deaths of COVID-19. Now the number off themselves don\u2019t seem off the charts when you compare to other parts of the world. But what you need to realize is that there is thing called the Case Fatality rate which means that who is confirmed as having COVID-19 go on to succumb or die from COVID-19. When you look at the case fatality rate, Zimbabwe\u2019s reported case fatality rate at 4.1% is actually one of the highest in the world.<\/p>\n<p>He added that even though Zimbabwe has not had as nearly as many infections in the world, every infection that has been recorded in Zimbabwe has unfortunately had a much higher risk of leading to death than many other parts of the world.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Molecular Epidemiologist at Zimbabwe\u2019s National Microbiology Reference Laboratory, Tapfumaneyi Mashe said 60 countries including Zimbabwe have so far recorded cases of the B.1.351 or South African variant.<\/p>\n<p><b>More: Pindula News; Helth Times<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Health experts have said Zimbabwe\u2019s COVID-19 case fatalities are among the highest in the world, therefore, whoever gets infected has a greater chance of succumbing to the virus. 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