Because he lives with his 84-year-old father and 75-year-old mother, Zimbabwean farmer Paul Mtisi and his family decided to be proactive to prevent Covid-19 from reaching their home. But despite their best efforts, seven people in his household ended up catching the virus during the festive season. His mother`s brother had succumbed to the virus in August in the United Kingdom, so the family had been cautious. Nonetheless, days before Christmas Day, Mtisi`s mother, father, sister, housekeeper, himself and two others joined the numbers of those infected with Covid-19. Mtisi`s elderly mother, who got her positive results on 26 December, was the only one to be hospitalised. Before the Covid-19...
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