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Zimbabwe approves Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine
THE Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe has authorised the use of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine with effect from 25 July 2021. It bec...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 13:46hrs | 2146 | by Staff Reporter
Maisha Health Fund launches convenient, phone-based medical aid registration via USSD
Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe's health insurance unit, Maisha Health Fund, has launched an innovative and convenient way to register for medical aid cover...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 17:33hrs | 217 | by Agencies
Pregnant women can use PrEP- study
PREGNANT women who are HIV negative can use the Dapivirine ring and oral Truvada as a means to prevent HIV infection in the last stages of their pregn...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 07:30hrs | 569 | by Staff Reporter
Ekusileni Medical Centre opening to be decided today
THE decision on the opening of Ekusileni Medical Centre will be made today when an inspection team from the Health Professions Authority (HPA) present...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 07:28hrs | 650 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe Covid-19 deaths rise
Over 2000 people have succumbed to Covid-19 in Zimbabwe at a time the country is battling the third wave. The Covid -19 deaths now stand at 2 274. ...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 06:38hrs | 3335 | by Staff Reporter
Chiwenga says no to contraceptives for girls
Girls under the age of 16 cannot be given contraceptives as they cannot legally consent to sexual activity, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga told t...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 07:03hrs | 1989 | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo tops country Covid-19 infection risk
THE Metropolitan provinces of Bulawayo and Harare are at the highest risk of a debilitating third wave of Covid-19 infections in the country amid repo...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 06:21hrs | 689 | by Staff Reporter
Covid-19 cases continue to rise
ZIMBABWE on Tuesday recorded the highest number of new Covid-19 case in a single day for the month of June, after 1 249 cases were recorded with 12 de...Published: 01 Jul 2021 at 07:13hrs | 1669 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe rolls out new contraceptive
The Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC) has introduced a new contraceptive - Sayana Press - to widen family planning options.The...Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 06:25hrs | 865 | by Staff Reporter
'Gukurahundi is number one conflict'
THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) yesterday said Gukurahundi is the "top conflict" that it is aiming to resolve while distancing...Published: 29 Jun 2021 at 11:57hrs | 1073 | by Staff Reporter
Covid-19: 13 more deaths and 842 new cases as pandemic tightens grip on hotspots
THE country recorded 13 more Covid-19 related deaths and 842 more new cases in the last 24-hours with hotspots suburbs in Bulawayo recording all the 5...Published: 29 Jun 2021 at 11:30hrs | 1098 | by Staff Reporter
500k doses for Covid-19 hotspots
Vaccinations are being stepped up in identified Covid-19 hotspots, now that 500 000 more doses arrived on Saturday with another 2 million expected at ...Published: 28 Jun 2021 at 07:22hrs | 1256 | by Staff Reporter
Four more people succumb to Covid-19
THE country has recorded four more Covid-19 related deaths and 801 new cases in the last 24-hours bringing the total number of cases to 46 018....Published: 27 Jun 2021 at 22:10hrs | 1631 | by Staff Writer
US$70 million war chest for Covid-19 vaccines
Government is set to utilise the US$70 million left in its coffers from the US$100 million set aside by Treasury for the purchase of Covid-19 vaccines...Published: 26 Jun 2021 at 07:56hrs | 1239 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe ready to export Covid-19 protective equipment
ZIMBABWE is ready to export Covid-19 protective equipment after two local institutions received funding from the Southern African Development Communit...Published: 24 Jun 2021 at 09:32hrs | 644 | by Staff Reporter
4 Embakwe High School teachers removed from quarantine
FOUR Embakwe High School teachers in Mangwe district, Matabeleland South province who tested positive to Covid-19 before schools closed for the first ...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 09:12hrs | 762 | by Staff Reporter
Man kills self over cheating wife
An illegal miner from Chitungwiza village, Mazowe committed suicide yesterday by drinking poison mixed with illicit beer over his wife's infidelity...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 19:54hrs | 2393 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Mazowe
Lupane State University a potential COVID-19 hotspot
Lupane State University is a timely time bomb for the corona virus after the decision by it's authorities to converge at all students at the compass....Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 19:52hrs | 1138 | by Philani Simango
Cimas Medlabs passes Africa CDC testing audit with highest rating
Cimas Medical Laboratories (Medlabs) Covid-19 Laboratory Testing has been certified and awarded five stars, the highest possible rating, by the Africa...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 13:08hrs | 273 | by Agencies
Stanbic Bank's donation pays off as number of births shoots up by 100 % at Sally Mugabe Maternity Hospital
The number of caesarean operations at Sally Mugabe Central Hospital Maternity wing has shot up by 100 percent following the renovation and re-equippin...Published: 31 May 2021 at 14:01hrs | 565 | by Agencies
Methods for Controlling the Spread of Germs during the Covid-19 Pandemic
There was a time when people didn't know why they became ill. They had no idea that germs that the naked eye couldn't see were the cause of most of th...Published: 19 May 2021 at 09:00hrs | 449 | by Staff Writer
Zimbabwe records no Covid-19 vaccine side effects
Zimbabwe has not recorded severe side effects of Covid-19 vaccines since mass inoculation began nearly four months ago.More than 571 000 peopl...Published: 16 May 2021 at 08:07hrs | 570 | by Staff Reporter
Sakunda steps up on fight against Covid-19
Sakunda holdings has registered another milestone in the health sector after it adopted and fully equipped a Covid-19 centre at United Bulawayo Hospit...Published: 14 May 2021 at 15:17hrs | 1083 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
New dispensation delivers health care to Bulawayo
THE new dispensation has undertaken a number of projects and introduced some measures that have improved the quality of health care services in Bulawa...Published: 14 May 2021 at 07:12hrs | 778 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa to officially open country's first free orthopaedic hospital in Bulawayo
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is today set to officially open the country's first free orthopaedic hospital, Cure Children's Hospital and a Covid-19 designated ...Published: 14 May 2021 at 07:07hrs | 2069 | by Staff Reporter
Mental Health Week: Consider patients from remote areas as well
As Zimbabwe joins the rest of the world in commemorating Mental Health Week, there is need to focus on the overwhelming number of psychiatric patients...Published: 13 May 2021 at 11:12hrs | 179 | by Mncedisi Nyathi
Summit Care Trust commemorates mental health week with the rest of the world
Summit Care Trust (SCT) joins the rest of the world in commemorating Mental Health week from today (Monday 10 May) to Saturday, 16 May.The com...Published: 09 May 2021 at 07:51hrs | 69 | by Marvel Mapininga
Private sector raises over $230 million to procure Covid-19 vaccines
THE private sector has raised over $230 million to procure Covid-19 vaccines to complement and expedite Government's national vaccination programme, w...Published: 02 May 2021 at 08:02hrs | 225 | by Staff Reporter
Stanbic resuscitates Sally Mugabe Hospital maternity theatre
Leading financial services institution, Stanbic Bank has purchased equipment to resuscitate operating procedures in theatre number 1 at the maternity ...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 10:16hrs | 560 | by Agencies
Zimbabwe government urged to avail cancer budget
Health experts have urged Government to avail a cancer prevention and treatment budget to lessen the burden on cancer patients as treatment is beyond ...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 06:58hrs | 214 | by Staff Reporter
Cancer patients face stigma from loved ones
HARARE - Nobody gets nearer to her. She has become a loner, with the television turning into her only friend yet 60-year-old Tendai Makuwana is a canc...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 12:09hrs | 821 | by Ropafadzo Mapimhidze and Dr Masimba Mavaza
Nearly 88 000 people vaccinated
THE number of people that have been vaccinated in Zimbabwe rose to 87 000 yesterday, a day when no Covid-19 death was recorded.According to th...Published: 03 Apr 2021 at 08:21hrs | 782 | by Staff Reporter
Masiyiwa speaks on his role in getting Africa's 400 million vaccine doses
African Union Special Envoy for COVID-19 and Pan-African businessman Strive Masiyiwa has spoken on the role he played in helping put together an agree...Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 07:50hrs | 2970 | by Staff Writer
Diasporans, locals mobilise to save Esigodini District Hospital
THERE might be light at the end of a dark tunnel for Esigodini District Hospital, as the health institution is set for a much-needed facelift after pe...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:04hrs | 559 | by Staff Reporter
Mass vaccination starts in Vic Falls
ZIMBABWE yesterday marked a year after it reported its first Covid-19 positive case in Victoria Falls, triggering unprecedented events that have seen ...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 07:44hrs | 488 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe to receive more Sinopharm jabs this week amid lingering hesitancy
Zimbabwe will this week take delivery of the second batch of 200,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses donated by China, and a substantial amount from its ...Published: 15 Mar 2021 at 17:53hrs | 530 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mat North schools receive masks ahead of reopening
Bulawayo based bookshop, Dingani Bookshop and Stationery last week donated 2300 facemasks to Matebeleland North schools in an effort to mitigate the s...Published: 15 Mar 2021 at 10:12hrs | 760 | by Agencies
COVID-19 vaccination programme shifts a gear up
MORE than 12 000 frontline workers were inoculated against Covid-19 during the first five days of the national vaccination programme, with authorities...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 07:04hrs | 342 | by Staff Reporter
Sinopharm withstands disparagement... as more countries use the jab
Despite concerted efforts to discredit the Chinese made Covid 19 vaccine, Sinopharm, the drug is getting popular even in unexpected countries....Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 10:34hrs | 2204 | by Health correspondent
New Maisha Health product enables patients to consult doctors remotely
Maisha Health, Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe's health insurance unit, has rolled out a digital platform that allows patients to consult doctors remotely....Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 17:08hrs | 376 | by Agencies
PHOTOS: National Covid-19 vaccination programme across Zimbabwe
The national Covid-19 vaccination programme is underway across the country, as provinces take delivery of their allocation of the jab....Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 11:16hrs | 2146 | by Staff Reporter
China introduces anal swabs to screen COVID-19 infections
BEIJING - Some Chinese cities are using samples taken from the anus to detect potential COVID-19 infections as China steps up screening to make sure n...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 10:11hrs | 4053 | by Reuters
Belgian minister tweets EU's Covid vaccine price list to anger of manufacturers
A Belgian minister has blown the lid off a sensitive and commercial secret – the price that the EU has agreed to pay for the leading Covid vaccines....Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 20:05hrs | 1690 | by Staff reporter
Govt explains low Covid-19 recovery rate
THE surge in new Covid-19 cases has put pressure on resources, resulting in delays in contact tracing and recording of newly recovered cases, leading ...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 08:12hrs | 563 | by Staff Reporter
'Zimbabwe does not hold China responsible for Covid-19'
ZIMBABWE does not hold China responsible for the emergence and spread of Covid-19 and the two countries continue to enjoy excellent relations, Governm...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 08:10hrs | 459 | by Staff Reporter
Fake Covid-19 certificates scam exposed
SOME members of staff at a private laboratory, Klosad Clinical Diagnostics Lab, in Harare's Avondale suburb, are issuing out certificates with fake ne...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 07:57hrs | 643 | by Staff Reporter
Covid-19 statistics: Zimbabwe's reality check
Zimbabwe stares the painful reality of increasing death statistics and rising figures of covid-19 positive cases as negative attitude becomes the sing...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 16:54hrs | 1872 | by Staff Reporter
'Entire Zimbabwe declared COVID-19 hotspot'
Health and Child Care Deputy Minister Dr John Mangwiro, has declared the entire Zimbabwe a coronavirus hotspot.He says infection rates are ris...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 18:48hrs | 2829 | by Staff Reporter
PPE boost for Mpilo, Tsholotsho hospitals
MPILO Central Hospital and Tsholotsho District Hospital received a consignment of personal protective equipment (PPE) from the Zimbabwe Red Cross Soci...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 23:43hrs | 290 | by Staff Reporter
Higherlife Foundation hands over maternal health medical equipment
Harare, Zimbabwe. December 10, 2020 - Through a generous investment from ELMA Philanthropies, Higherlife Foundation yesterday (Dec 10) commenced the h...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 15:54hrs | 222 | by Agencies
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