The Horendous moment
The story of Medline Rubaba By Angeline Zimbwani Mikiri As I prepared for my daily schedule working from home and as I peeped on my messages I saw this message, ‘my sister I have been tested positive for covid but with no symptoms at all.’ I could not believe what I heard, an ever smiling Rubaba who resides in Mucheke Township in Masvingo, The Southern Province of Zimbabwe narrated her ordeal to me. ‘I was just feeling funny and I decided that I should just go and get tested’. Medline’s story is one of the millions stories we hear every day. ‘To my surprise I did the PCR test and it came out positive. I was short of words. I said to myself, what will I say to my kids, how will I explain it to my kids that I am covid virus positive. I was put on a treatment and after that I started taking some home remedies like grated red onion, boiled lemon mixed with honey and ginger, I would also boil Zumbani’. Rubaba a teacher by profession lamented that, ‘the challenge with the virus is that one