Tendai Gukutikwa
Ray Bande
Senior Reporter
MUTARE City Council has dismissed widely circulated social media reports claiming that the local authority, in conjunction with the Ministry of Health and Child Care, had discovered an infestation of bedbugs (tsikidzi) in the sprawling suburb of Sakubva.
The social media article, attributed to the chairperson of Bako Flea Market, was labelled as “the work of alarmists” by Mutare City Council Town Clerk, Mr Blessing Chafesuka.
“That is not true at all. That is the work of alarmists. Yes, there are areas that have historically experienced problems with bedbugs, but that does not signify a new development or an outbreak of sorts. We have consistently carried out routine fumigation in those areas. However, following the widely publicised issues in Harare, we instructed our health department to intensify fumigation efforts, thereby reducing the likelihood of experiencing similar challenges faced by residents of Mbare,” he said.
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