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Zimbabwe govt rolls out Covid-19 vaccination blitz
A Covid-19 vaccination blitz is starting this week in parallel with the second phase of the special polio vaccination campaign, so parents and older children can get their Covid-19 jabs when they take...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 07:11hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hits 5 million first Covid-19 jabs
ZIMBABWE passed the five million mark for first doses of Covid-19 vaccination last week with the record breaking blitz now in progress seeing more than 1,39 million doses administered in the last two ...Published: 04 Apr 2022 at 07:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Squatter camp escapes Covid-19
KILLARNEY Squatter Camp in Bulawayo has not recorded any Covid-19 cases since the outbreak of the pandemic in March 2020.Zimbabwe has recorded more than 233 000 Covid-19 cases since the outbre...Published: 21 Feb 2022 at 05:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Enough vaccines for everyone'
President Mnangagwa yesterday said the country has enough Covid-19 jabs for everyone who wants to be vaccinated, including those who want a third dose in the wake of the new Omicron variant.Mo...Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 05:46hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
99% Govt workers vaccinated?
CLOSE to 99 percent of Government workers in Zimbabwe have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 ahead of next month's deadline by which all civil servants must be immunised or face disciplinary acti...Published: 14 Nov 2021 at 05:36hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
'Mandatory vaccination remains illegal'
LEGAL experts yesterday said the move by government to extend the deadline for civil servants to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or face expulsion was unconstitutional.This follows promulgation...Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt exposed over COVID-19 vaccines
MEMBERS of the public who were vaccinated with the first jab of the Indian Covaxin COVID-19 jab and failed to get the second dose might be forced to restart the vaccination exercise using Chinese Sino...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:30hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Unvaccinated civil servants 'fired'
CIVIL servants who defied government's order to be vaccinated against COVID-19 should not report for duty starting Monday, their employer said yesterday.The civil servants will also be denied ...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 06:29hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa considers reopening borders
THE Government is considering re-opening land borders to the general public in time for the festive holidays as the country has officially gone past the Covid-19 third wave and continues to see a decl...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sex workers urged to get Covid-19 jabs
SEX workers have been urged to get vaccinated against Covid-19 because of the nature of their business which does not allow physical distancing.Sex work is one of the sectors in the country th...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe considers reopening borders
THE Government is considering re-opening land borders to the general public in time for the festive holidays as the country has officially gone past the C...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 07:49hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
ZITF reduced to Zanu-PF affair
AS if to confirm that this year's Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) was a Zanu-PF affair, the ruling party walked away with two best exhibitors' awards. Zimbabwe's ruling party, which first sho...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 10:53hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
OK sends unvaccinted employees on unpaid leave
RETAIL giant, OK Zimbabwe, is sending its unvaccinated employees on forced unpaid leave and is reportedly banning staff members who have not yet received COVID-19 jabs from reporting for duty....Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Schools demand COVID-19 certificates after outbreaks
SOME schools around the country are demanding that pupils produce COVID-19-free certificates before they are admitted for the last term of the year following outbreaks within the first week of reopeni...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 05:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Inter-city travel ban: Buses get waiver
BUSES ferrying schoolchildren will be allowed to travel between cities and towns in Zimbabwe to allow for pupils' smooth return to schools ahead of tomorrow's second phase re-opening.Police ha...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Companies challenge ZCTU over unvaccinated workers
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU)'s court challenge against compulsory vaccination of workers has suffered a major blow after government and several private entities cited as respondents di...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 06:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Moderna starts human trials of experimental mRNA HIV vaccine
United States pharmaceutical and biotechnology company Moderna last Wednesday started trials of its experimental mRNA HIV vaccine.Moderna has enrolled 56 healthy adults without HIV to test the...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 10:58hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe moves closer to herd immunity?
More than 2 million Zimbabweans have received their first Covid-19 jab as the country moves towards attaining herd immunity of 10 million people. Government which is pushing hard to attain her...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 06:44hrs | | 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
Restaurants choke under extended lockdown
RESTAURANT operators yesterday said the continued extension of COVID-19-induced lockdown without financial support or stimulus packages for ailing businesses would severely affect their industry....Published: 12 Aug 2021 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'COVID-19 fourth wave imminent'
HEALTH experts have warned that Zimbabwe faces a fourth wave of deadly COVID-19 virus if the country fails to get more people inoculated, and that a third jab might be needed to help fight off emergin...Published: 09 Aug 2021 at 07:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo sets up COVID-19 centre for minors
AUTHORITIES at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo have started converting a children's unit at the institution to a COVID-19 treatment centre for minors amid a surge in the number of children contract...Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 06:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Scores turn up for ZDF Covid-19 vaccination outreach programme
Over 200 Emgwanwini and Cowdray Park residents, Tuesday, received their Covid-19 jabs during a Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) community outreach Covid-19 vaccination programme.The community out...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 20:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
University bans unvaccinated staff from entering premises
Manicaland State University of Applied Science (MSUAS) has allegedly advised all unvaccinated employees to receive Covid-19 jabs before July 30 or they will be banned from entering its premises....Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 17:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Undocumented Zimbabweans denied vaccination in South Africa
THOUSANDS of Zimbabweans living in South Africa are reportedly failing to get COVID-19 jabs due to lack of identity documents. This is despite assurances by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the st...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 05:51hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Pregnant women can get COVID-19 jabs, says WHO
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has said pregnant women in communities where the COVID-19 pandemic is widespread could get vaccinated against the deadly virus.The health mother body said i...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube, Chiwenga clash over Covid-19 jabs
DISCORD is reigning supreme in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration over the ongoing Covid-19 vaccination programme, with the Vice President Constantino Chiwenga-led health ministry and...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 hits BCC, stalls service delivery
COVID-19 has hit hard the Bulawayo City Council (BCC), stalling efforts to clear sewer blockages and pipe bursts in the city.The development was confirmed by town clerk Christopher Dube on Sat...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Ridiculous glory seeking' Hwende rebuked
GOVERNMENT Saturday rebuked as "ridiculous" claims by MDC Alliance party secretary-general Chalton Hwende that huge turn experienced at the health centres of citizens seeking Covid-19 jabs was due to ...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:08hrs | 3 | 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
Undocumented citizens to get COVID-19 jab
GOVERNMENT has ordered the vaccination of undocumented residents amid soaring COVID-19 infections and deaths.National identity documents were a mandatory requirement for one to get their jabs,...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 07:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Govt pins hopes on vaccination as cases continue to soar
GOVERNMENT says it will intensify the vaccination programme to effectively fight the pandemic, with President Emmerson Mnangagwa setting a target of one million shots in two weeks to achieve 60% herd ...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Staff shortage stalls vaccination programme
AN acute shortage of nursing staff to administer COVID-19 vaccines at local health centres has reportedly slowed down government's mass vaccination programme at a time when there is high demand for th...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 09:33hrs | 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
Mnangagwa's ministers clash over Covid-19 jabs
DEFENCE Minister Oppah Muchinguri has rubbished statements by Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa that government had introduced mandatory vaccination for all civil servants in the health sector, h...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 14:30hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi orders civil servants to get Covid-19 jab or quit
A top government official says all Zimbabwean civil servants should get the Covid-19 vaccine in order to curb the spread of coronavirus, which has killed almost 2 000 people in the southern African na...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 14:09hrs | | 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
Travel agent shunts foreigners to Zimbabwe for COVID-19 jabs
A SOUTH AFRICAN travel agent is reportedly making a killing by bringing South Africans to Zimbabwe for COVID-19 vaccination in a scheme that involves some government officials and a local private hosp...Published: 29 Jun 2021 at 19:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt should shoulder responsibility for COVID-19 vaccine disinformation
There is one phrase that I always pray I do not find myself saying, since its uttering would only mean one thing - that, something has gone terribly wrong, with, possibly, grave consequences.T...Published: 26 Jun 2021 at 07:29hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chiwenga warns Covid-19 jab profiteers
THE Government has issued a stern warning to private businesses charging a premium to desperate Covid-19 vaccine seekers.The warning comes as some businesses have resorted to charging Covid-19...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:33hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Private doctors charge US$40 for COVID-19 jab
SOME private medical doctors are reportedly charging fees for citizens to get the COVID19 jab, a development which health experts yesterday said was likely to trigger profiteering in the country's vac...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 third wave panic hits Zimbabwe
HEALTH experts yesterday warned of a dire situation ahead as the third wave of COVID-19, which has reportedly hit the country in the face of threats posed by the South African and new Indian variants ...Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 08:12hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo requests for more Covid-19 vaccines
BULAWAYO City Council's (BCC) Covid-19 vaccination drive is beset by inadequate distribution of doses, forcing the local authority to adopt a deliberate strategy not to actively promote the inoculatio...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 23:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora wants compulsory vaccination
LAST week in the resort town of Victoria Falls, President Mnangagwa received his first Covid-19 jab at an event witnessed by several political leaders, who included main opposition leader Mr Douglas M...Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 06:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu and wife receive Covid-19 jab
Obert Mpofu and his wife Sikhanyisiwe Mpofu have received their first dose of the Covid-19 jab in Harare today.The happy couple was in jovial spirits as they received their shots of the sinoph...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 12:15hrs | 1 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Don't put Zanu-PF into your pocket, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has implored the Zanu-PF leadership to lead from the front in mobilising the people to get vaccinated against Covid-19 under Phase Two and Three of the inoculation exercise which i...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 05:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rallies Zimbabweans against COVID-19 conspiracies
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa, who received his first Covid-19 jab at a momentous occasion attended by different religious and political leaders yesterday, has called on the nation to shun conspiracy theories a...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 05:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hailed for taking COVID-19 jab
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will today lead the COVID-19 vaccination exercise in Victoria Falls with analysts yesterday saying the move was likely to motivate ordinary Zimbabweans to get vaccinated a...Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi Ziyambi came face to face with death
Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Ziyambi Ziyambi says he is fortunate to be alive after battling a Covid-19 related illness for several weeks and is using his near-death experience t...Published: 17 Mar 2021 at 06:22hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
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