The Ministry Of Health and Child Care has released a list of laboratories approved to carry out COVID-19 testing and publish results in Zimbabwe.
In a statement, the Ministry said it has noted reports of laboratories carrying out COVID-19 testing without the prior requirement of assessment and certification.
Below is a list of the laboratories that have been assessed and certified by the Ministry of Health and Child Care in collaboration with the Medical Laboratory and Clinical Scientists Council of Zimbabwe and the World Health Organization.
Private Laboratories
- Lancet laboratories
- PSMI Harare Branch
- Cimas Harare laboratory
- Diagnopath laboratory Harare
- Klosad Laboratory Harare
- Mater Dei Hospital Laboratory (DLS)
- Multi Tech
- Flow Cytometry
- Haematology Centre
- Bio express Laboratory
- Genau Laboratory
- Pathology Laboratory
- Unki Mine Laboratory
Government Laboratories
- National Microbiology Reference Laboratories
- National TB Reference Laboratory
- Plumtree District Hospital
- Gwanda Provincial Hospital
- Beitbridge District Hospital
- St Lukes Mission Hospital
- Victoria Falls Hospital
- Gutu Mission Hospital
- Masvingo Provincial Hospital
- Gweru Provincial Hospital
- Chinhoyi Provincial Hospital
- Kadoma General Hospital
- Marondera Provincial Hospital
- St Alberts Mission Hospital
- Bindura Provincial Hospital
- Rusape General Hospital
- Mutare Provincial Hospital
- Chipinge District Hospital
- Sally Mugabe Central Hospital
- Parirenyatwa Central Hospital
- National Virology Reference Laboratory
- Chitungwiza Central Hospital
- Chikurubi Maximum Prison
- Thorngrove Hospital Laboratory
- Beatrice Road Infectious Diseases Hospital
- Josiah Tongogara Magama
Research and Non-Governmental Organizations
- Population Service International (PSI)
- Biomedical Research and Training Institute (BRTI)
- African Institute Of Biomedical Sciences and Technology (AIBST)
Collection Points authorised
- Lancet
- Genau
The Ministry Of Health and Child Care also warned that all results from any unauthorized laboratory shall be regarded as invalid and of no use for the purposes for which they were intended to serve.