As the Ebola fear grips Zimbabwe just like any other nation, the government has challenged medical practitioners to create awareness about the deadly Ebola virus to wipe out the “fear-Ebola mentality” causing people to panic.
Officially opening the Zimbabwe Medical Association (ZiMA) annual congress in Minister of Health and Child Care, Dr David Parirenyatwa tasked Doctors to ensure a massive Ebola awareness campaign was carried out.
“We have a challenge that has caused a fear-Ebola syndrome. Go out there and let people know about Ebola but don’t scare them,” he said.
“Our hope as a country is that it doesn’t come to us because our systems are weak. One case might destroy us. We are working with other Sadc countries to make sure it doesn’t affect the region.”
Dr Parirenyatwa said Government would not quarantine visitors from countries affected by the deadly Ebola virus, but would place them under observation for 21 days.
The Minister is of the opinion that it would be impractical to quarantine visitors.
While assuring Zimbabweans not to be scared as no case had been reported yet, Dr Parirenyatwa said the risk of the virus spreading into the country was real due to people’s mobility.
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