Zimbabwe’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Sibusiso Moyo, died on Wednesday, a day after testing positive for the Coronavirus (COVID-19), acting Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet, George Charamba, said in a statement.
A close family member of Moyo also confirmed the death to Xinhua.
“It’s true my brother. COVID-19. He tested positive yesterday,” the family member said.
He becomes the third government minister to succumb to COVID-19 since the pandemic hit the country in March 2020.
The retired Army Lieutenant-General was the face of the military operation that ousted former President Robert Mugabe in November 2019.
He went on to be part of current President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration.
(Xinhua/NAN)
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