HARARE, July 22 (Xinhua) -- Ailing Zimbabwean vice president Constantino Chiwenga has left South Africa for China this week to receive further medical treatment, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba said on Monday.
This comes after Mnangagwa said last Friday that the VP, who has not been seen in public for months, was recovering in a South African hospital.
Following last week's Presidential statement on Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's health and recovery status, the Office of the President and Cabinet said that the VP this week has left for the People's Republic of China where he is set to undergo further medical tests.
"His relocation to China, which builds on the satisfactory recovery progress he has been making, follows weekend discussions at the highest level between Government of Zimbabwe and China, at which a decision was taken to allow Chinese medical experts to join their expert counterparts from Zimbabwe, south Africa and India in attending to the vice president," said Charamba.
He said the Office of the President and Cabinet will keep the nation updated on the progress the vice president continues to make towards full recovery.
Chiwenga has been battling ill-health for months now, forcing him to be in and out of hospitals in South Africa, India and China.
