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Medical equipment gathers dust at UBH
WHILE patients countrywide are complaining that public health institutions are running without enough equipment and medication, some donated equipment at Bulawayo United Hospitals (UBH) has been gathe...Published: 12 Sep 2022 at 06:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe receives COVID-19 support from Japan
ZIMBABWE today received 10 ambulances and ancillary equipment from Japan and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to strengthen obstetric and neonatal care in COVID-19 hotspots across the countr...Published: 03 Mar 2022 at 05:46hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Covid-19 cases rise to 712
Zimbabwe's Covid-19 infections spiked on Wednesday, on the same day as the country began restricting entry to all travellers.The 712 new infections reported by the health ministry were the hig...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 05:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Schools still COVID-19 hotspots
SCHOOLS have remained COVID-19 hotspots despite a downward trend in new infections recorded throughout the country in the past week, government has said.Government yesterday extended the level...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:51hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Warriors' UK brigade for Ghana match
UNITED Kingdom-based Warriors' players will only play the first-leg of the 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifier in Ghana and miss the return leg should Fifa's engagement on release of stars with the English ...Published: 27 Sep 2021 at 06:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Vaccination deadline for civil servants
As Zimbabwe hit 2 million people fully vaccinated against Covid-19, all civil servants were placed under legal orders to be fully vaccinated with both jabs of an approved Covid-19 vaccine by October 1...Published: 18 Sep 2021 at 06:22hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 hits 11 schools
ELEVEN schools across the country were forced to shut down yesterday after a significant number of students tested positive for COVID-19, it has emerged.This comes as teacher unions claimed th...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 05:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ekusileni Medical Centre opens for severe COVID-19 cases
BULAWAYO'S Ekusileni Medical Centre, the brainchild of the late Vice-President Joshua Nkomo, has begun admitting severe COVID-19 cases.The facility was reopened last month, with two patients, ...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 06:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Schools second term now impossible
THE Government is considering scrapping this year's second term and ordering that when schools open, primary and secondary school pupils will learn continuously until they close in December, Sunday Ne...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 08:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's lockdown extension irks informal traders
INFORMAL traders yesterday expressed anger over the extension of the level four lockdown period by two more weeks without provision of social grants to cushion them. President Emmerson Mn...Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 06:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Schools to remain closed until August 10
GOVERNMENT has gazetted Statutory Instrument (SI) 210 of 2021 to allow for schools to remain closed until August 10, 2021, pending review of the COVID-19 situation in the country.SI 210 of 202...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hospitals overwhelmed
MEDICAL practitioners have urged government to consider establishing makeshift health centres for COVID-19 admissions as the country's health institutions are inundated with severe cases needing hospi...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Time to complete Tsvangira's democratic struggle,' says Chamisa's youths
YOUTHS from the MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa say they are now prepared to finishing the legacy issue started by the late founding president Morgan Tsvangirai and complete the democratic struggle...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Demand for Covid-19 jabs overwhelms Gweru nurses
GWERU City Council has 31 vacant positions for nurses at its clinics, a development that has contributed to delays in the mass vaccination drive in the Midlands Capital. Council clinics serve ...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 08:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland North targets mass vaccination in hotspots
MATEBELELAND North province is planning to embark on mass vaccination of people in COVID-19 hotspot areas in order to curb the spread of the virus.This was said by the Provincial Affairs minis...Published: 12 Jul 2021 at 07:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Residents stampede for COVID-19 jabs
HUNDREDS of Karoi residents stampeded for COVID-19 vaccines at the weekend as demand for the jabs to curb the spread of the virus continues to rise.Government last month declared Hurungwe, Kar...Published: 06 Jul 2021 at 10:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
453 Mashonaland East healthcare workers test positive for Covid-19
A TOTAL of 453 healthcare workers in Mashonaland East have tested positive for Covid-19 to date, translating to 16.3% of the total number of cases in the province.As of yesterday, Mashonaland ...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 16:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
37 arrested over beer drinking parties
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested 37 people for violating COVID-19 lockdown regulations last week after they were caught holding at parties at their homes.The arrests came after police were tip...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 11:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dozens arrested for violating COVID-19 lockdown measures
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested 37 people for violating COVID-19 lockdown regulations last week after they were caught holding at parties at their homes.The arrests came after police were tip...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 06:44hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Vendors demand to be prioritised during vaccination
INFORMAL traders associations yesterday called on the Health ministry to prioritise its members during the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination exercise.Government has said that vendors would not be a...Published: 02 Jul 2021 at 19:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Vendors demand to be prioritised during COVID-19 vaccination exercise
INFORMAL traders associations yesterday called on the Health ministry to prioritise its members during the on-going COVID-19 vaccination exercise.Government has said that vendors would not be ...Published: 02 Jul 2021 at 14:18hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Govt sets Covid-19 vaccination deadline for frontline workers
GOVERNMENT has set July 14 as the deadline for the vaccination of frontline workers with those who would have shunned the exercise losing out on Covid-19 insurance payouts.Vaccinated frontline...Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 07:22hrs | | 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 the end of this week, to help break the chains of ...Published: 28 Jun 2021 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff Reporter
No 6PM to 6AM curfew in Bulawayo, says govt
Bulawayo is not under the intensified lockdown measures which include the 6pm to 6am curfew measure, as recently announced in some sections of the media, Health and Child Care Deputy Minister John Man...Published: 26 Jun 2021 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Police impose 6 to 6 curfew for Bulawayo
POLICE in Bulawayo have imposed a 6PM to 6AM curfew in the city in line with the localised lockdown measures meant to curb the spread of the deadly Covid-19 pandemic.Businesses in the city cen...Published: 24 Jun 2021 at 18:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZRP cracks whip on lockdown violators, intercity buses impounded
Authorities yesterday intensified the enforcement of Covid-19 control measures with police impounding buses that were operating illegally, while the Judicial Service Commission announced the closure o...Published: 24 Jun 2021 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo under lockdown
Bulawayo has effectively been put under lockdown after Cabinet yesterday approved that three districts that are Covid-19 hotspots be placed under localised lockdown, with security details being deploy...Published: 23 Jun 2021 at 08:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Schools opening deferred as COVID-19 cases surge
CABINET yesterday deferred the opening of schools for the second term by two weeks after the country recorded a sharp increase in COVID-19 infections in recent weeks.The infection rate surged ...Published: 23 Jun 2021 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff Reporter
3 teachers succumb to COVID-19
THREE Karoi teachers last Thursday succumbed to COVID-19 amid reports that some of them were still awaiting payment from the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) for marking "O" Level examina...Published: 21 Jun 2021 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 kills 57 in two weeks
ZIMBABWE has seen a massive jump in Covid-19 cases, with 2 374 cases and 57 deaths reported in two-and-a-half weeks of this month alone, triggering the Government to consider putting more areas under ...Published: 20 Jun 2021 at 07:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Panic as COVID-19 deaths hit schools
COVID-19 has hit educational institutions, with Harare Polytechnic College and Dambudzo Primary School in Mbizo Kwekwe, recording deaths and a rise in infections.One person died at Harare Poly...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 15:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo lockdown looms
GOVERNMENT might be forced to consider strict localised lockdown for Bulawayo as residents continue to flout Covid-19 prevention measures at a time health experts have warned of an imminent Covid-19 t...Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 06:08hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
241 new Covid-19 cases as surge continues
TWO hundred and forty-one new Covid-19 cases were recorded on Tuesday countrywide and four provinces have areas that have been classified as localised hotspots. Mashonaland West recorded 115 n...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 18:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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.Over the years, the institution has some of...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 19:52hrs | 1 | by Philani Simango
3 more Covid-19 related deaths in the last 24 hours
THE country recorded three more Covid-19 related deaths and 118 more new cases in the last 24-hours as some suburbs in Bulawayo including Masvingo and Chiredzi have been identified as hotspots....Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 18:20hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga defends 'reckless' ministers
VICE-PRESIDENT and Health minister Constantino Chiwenga has defended the continued defiance of COVID-19 regulations by ministers at a time when the government has put in place a strict COVID-19 measur...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mass testing for Bondolfi community
A mass testing of villagers around Bondolfi Teachers' College for Covid-19 has started following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus at the institution, which has become a provincial hotspot for the...Published: 29 May 2021 at 08:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt should bear full responsibility for Indian variant in country, as its negligence and indifference has placed our l
So, the government of Zimbabwe, through its minister of health (who is also vice president) Constantino Chiwenga, in all its "profound wisdom" has finally decided to take some concrete action against ...Published: 21 May 2021 at 12:55hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zanu-PF youths grab Gweru markets
Zanu-PF youths in the Midlands capital have forcibly allocated themselves vending stalls at Mtapa market with city fathers failing to take action against them for fear of reprisals, The NewsHawks can ...Published: 08 May 2021 at 08:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Minister flouts COVID-19 safety regulations
INDUSTRY and Commerce minister Sekai Nzenza has come under fire for allegedly flouting COVID-19 safety regulations following a meeting she held last week with an Indian delegation.Pictures of ...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Doorstep delivery of COVID-19 medication will stop spreading
WITH the holidays over, the touristy City of Victoria Falls is moving to curb the spike in COVID-19 cases which may have resulted from unrestricted movement in December.Steven Bafana (55) of M...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:24hrs | 4 | by Vicky
Zimbabwe should not blindly reopen borders
THE fact that our biggest trading partner, neighbouring South Africa has decided to reopen its land borders from Monday following advice from its National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC), should no...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Coronavirus and the mystery of infection
He waited by the bus-stop, all day, shaking his car keys rather impatiently, pacing up and down as each bus arrived, as each bus left. Only a dishevelled tramp sat by the benches, mumbling incoherentl...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 22:45hrs | 2 | by Zifiso Masiye
Masvingo businesses defy lockdown regulations
MASVINGO province, which has been labelled as one of the COVID-19 hotspots in the country, still has most of its businesses open, despite the 30-day national lockdown announced early this month by the...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt clueless on COVID-19, says Zapu
THE opposition Zapu party has criticised government for lack of vision to curtail the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic which is ravaging the country.Zapu presidential spokesperson Mkhululi Zulu...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 07:38hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19: Zumbani selling like hotcakes in Bulawayo
SOME enterprising vendors in Bulawayo are now selling Zumbani plant leaves in the streets and in their cars.The Zumbani plant, which has a strong balsamic citrus-like scent, is widely believed...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
'UZ defies lockdown'
LECTURERS and staff at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) have accused authorities of defying lockdown measures by ordering them to report for duty or sign up official leave days. Lectures who sp...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 20:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dumb advisors, deaf Executive
"JANUARY 2021 has been cancelled," is a joke that went viral in Zimbabwe last weekend.It is a joke premised on Zimbabwe's return to COVID-19 lockdown measures. These are the strictest conditio...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 20:29hrs | 2 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
'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 rising drastically in all the country's regions....Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 18:48hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Govt told to tailor-make measures for COVID-19 hotspots
GOVERNMENT should identify COVID-19 provincial hotspots and implement tailored measures or different levels of the lockdown depending on the incidence of the virulent disease, human rights doctors hav...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 08:25hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
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