The statement did not elaborate further. Moyo was arrested in June over allegations of corruption related to the government's procurement of $60 million worth of medical equipment for the country's fight against the coronavirus.
Calls to Moyo's phone went unanswered on Tuesday. (Reporting by Macdonald Dzirutwe; writing by Emma Rumney; editing by Chris Reese)
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Zimbabwe's health minister, accused of corruption, sacked -statement
HARARE, July 7 (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has sacked health minister Obadiah Moyo with immediate effect for inappropriate conduct, a statement from the presidency shared by information ministry secretary Nick Mangwana on Twitter on Tuesday said.
