File photo taken on Jan. 12, 2020 shows Zimbabwe's Foreign Minister Sibusiso Moyo attending a press conference in Harare, Zimbabwe. Moyo succumbed to COVID-19 at a local hospital on Wednesday, becoming the third government minister to die of the virus since the first case of the virus was reported in the country last March. (Photo by Chen Yaqin/Xinhua)
HARARE, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Zimbabwe's foreign affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo died Wednesday, a day after testing positive to 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 Nov. 2019 and went on to be part of current President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration. Enditem
