Zimbabwe on Friday confirmed its first case of coronavirus, a 38-year old man who returned from the United Kingdom on March 15.

In Zimbabwe, the health minister, Obadiah Moyo, said the infected man lives in Victoria Falls, a popular tourist destination.

Moyo said the 38-year-old had travelled to Britain on March 7, returning home via neighbouring South Africa on March 15. He put himself in self-quarantine upon arrival and later called his doctor after realizing “he was not feeling too well,” the minister said.

Zimbabwe days ago declared a national disaster. Public hospitals even before the pandemic lacked basic items such as gloves, and relatives of patients at times are expected to even provide buckets of water. Doctors at public hospitals recently went on strike for months, saying their pay of roughly $100 a month was not enough to get by in a country with inflation at over 500%.

Meanwhile, the elite routinely seeks treatment abroad. Vice President Constantino Chiwenga this week flew to China for medical treatment unrelated to the coronavirus.

Zimbabwe’s government has said it is “well prepared” to deal with COVID-19 cases.