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Covid-19 awareness programme

Health director remanded in custody

The director of Epidemiology and Disease Control in the Ministry of Health and Child Care Portia Manangazira was yesterday denied bail, as she was likely to interfere with investigations and witnesses, including her parents, who were part of the 28 family members she hired as community health workers to undertake the Covid-19 awareness programme across the country.

Covid-19 top boss up for hiring relatives, flouting tender rules

One of the top officials in the fight against Covid-19, Director of Epidemiology and Disease Control in the Ministry of Health and Child Care, Dr Portia Manangazira, allegedly criminally abused aid funds by hiring 28 relatives as community health workers, paying facilitation fees to undeserving ministry staff, and flouting tender rules when she bought US$280 529 of goods and services.