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Experts warn govt over the omicron variant
LOCAL health experts yesterday warned government against giving false hope on its ability to deal with the Omicron variant of COVID-19, which has since been described as "a variant of concern" by the ...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:35hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
'High temperatures won't stop 4th wave'
HEALTH experts have warned of a deadlier fourth wave of COVID-19 in the forthcoming festive months of December and January, saying the high temperatures being experienced in the country were unlikely ...Published: 09 Nov 2021 at 05:37hrs | 4 | 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 | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga back in Zimbabwe after Beijing Covid-19 scare
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga flew back into the country on Thursday evening from China where some of his security details tested positive for Covid-19.Chiwenga had flown to the Asian co...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 18:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Delta variant accounts for 79% of Zimbabwe Covid-19 infections
ZIMBABWEANS should ensure they always follow laid down Covid-19 prevention measures to avoid the introduction of deadlier strains of the disease in the country as the virulent Indian Delta variant now...Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 06:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's underlying conditions exposes him to Covid-19
AT least three security details assigned to Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga tested Covid-19 positive ahead of his trip to Beijing, China, while another was later struck by the virus in the far-flu...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 08:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga in Covid-19 scare in China
TWo members of Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's delegation tested positive for Covid-19 in China, forcing hundreds of people to be removed from the luxury hotel where they are staying.Chi...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:53hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe funeral parlours warn of mass graves
FUNERAL service providers have indicated that they are overwhelmed by COVID-19 deaths and warned that the country could be forced to bury deceased citizens in mass graves if the upward trend of new in...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 05:51hrs | 7 | 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 | | 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 | | by Staff reporter
Cabinet blames Covid-19 surge on complacency
Cabinet has blamed complacency for the recent spike in Covid-19 infections with people mistaking the early successes against the pandemic for a total victory.People have increasingly been disr...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 08:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Covid-19 to be deadlier'
The World Health Organisation issued a grim warning on Friday that the second year of Covid-19 was set to be "far more deadly", as Japan extended a state of emergency amid growing calls for the Olympi...Published: 16 May 2021 at 09:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 implosion in Zimbabwe schools
HEALTH experts have warned of a COVID-19 implosion at boarding schools with unvaccinated pupils at a high risk of catching the deadly virus during the third wave of the pandemic. The warning c...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Business frets over third Covid-19 wave
BUSINESS is fretting over the possibility of a Covid-19 third wave, with captains of industry warning this week another stringent lockdown would push the economy over the brink.There have been...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Third wave feared
The spike in Covid-19 cases, especially in schools, could be a signal of the beginning of a deadlier third wave of the pandemic, health experts have warned.According to a situation report rele...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Schools record 106 COVID-19 cases in one day
TWO schools in Matabeleland South have reported 106 cases of COVID-19, reigniting fears that schools remain hotspots and that authorities were not adequately prepared for their reopening.Sacre...Published: 10 Apr 2021 at 05:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt frets over Easter holidays
AUTHORITIES and medical experts are worried about gatherings during the upcoming Easter holidays, amid fears that these could trigger a local third wave of the lethal coronavirus.The concerns ...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 18:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe 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 now preparing to intensify the immunisation blitz...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
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 now preparing to intensify the immunisation blitz...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 07:04hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Demystifying COVID-19 Vaccines: The Truth
We are consumed by the desire to herald the truth in the age of increased information and knowledge. For this reason, we would like to demystify some dangerous misinformation that is being peddled by ...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 08:22hrs | 1 | by Oliver Dube and Dr Stanley Maphosa
289 Mpilo workers test positive for Covid-19
THE number of Mpilo Central Hospital workers who have tested positive to Covid-19 has risen to 289 following a massive testing exercise at the public institution. At the beginning of the year, a total...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Night curfew is killing us' Sex workers moan
A LOBBY group fighting for the rights of female sex workers says the extended lockdown restrictions and night curfew hours have curtailed their work, as business for them flourishes during the night....Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's MDC urges Mnangagwa's govt to prioritise vaccine acquisition
MDC-T has urged government to prioritise the acquisition and provision of ventilators, vaccines and Personal Protective Equipment for citizens and those working in public hospitals.In a statem...Published: 25 Jan 2021 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Furore over govt claims of killer doctors
DOCTORS yesterday reacted with alarm and anger over allegations by Information secretary Ndavaningi Mangwana that some medical practitioners were deliberately killing Zanu-PF politicians and hiding be...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 22:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Professor Solwayo Ngwenya: The story of an unheralded Covid-19 warrior
Names are believed to spell doom or fortunes in many families. By nature Africans believe in the prophetic manifestations hence when christening one, there is careful consideration. Out of inc...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 22:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's minister says, 'this is war' as coronavirus runs amok
ACTING Information minister, Jenfan Muswere, yesterday likened Zimbabwe's raging and deadlier second wave coronavirus storm as a war — amid the country's soaring deaths and infections.Speaki...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 18:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Expect more Covid-19 cases and deaths'
THE public has been warned that the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic being experienced in Zimbabwe is far from reaching its peak, hence there are high chances that more positive cases and deaths w...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 23:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pleads with Zimbabweans to maintain coronavirus discipline
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday pleaded with Zimbabweans to maintain their coronavirus discipline, while also encouraging the public not to lose hope as the country battles a deadlier second wa...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 16:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt disowns Oppah Muchinguri
THE government has been left embarrassed after one of its top most government officials, Defence Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri created a diplomatic headache for Zimbabwe by accusing China of creat...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 09:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Doctors predict mass deaths
MEDICAL doctors have warned of a looming surge in COVID-19-related deaths in the coming days, saying the figures were likely to double this week as positive cases continue to rise against a drop in th...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 21:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Professors' consistent Covid-19 message
His profile reads, Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (UK). Founder &CEO Royal Women's Clinic.He is the acting chief...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 19:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pannic as COVID-19 hits Zanu-PF HQ
PANIC has gripped the ruling Zanu-PF party after two senior party officials on Sunday tested positive for COVID-19 with confirmed cases likely to go up as results of mass tests done recently continue ...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa co-option civil society to silence growing dissent
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is seeking to co-opt sections of civil society organisations, the church, business and some political parties in a mollifying move meant to silence growing dissent....Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 13:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
The weapon AK47 was invented in Africa and for Africa?
The AK 47 stands for Avtomat (Automatic) Kalashnikov: and 47 is the year in which it was invented. Mikael Kalashnikov is the sole inventor of AK47, he was at an early age obsessed with creating a sub-...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 12:40hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mugabe tears into Mnangagwa faction
In yet another ominous warning to the Zanu-PF faction that is rallying behind embattled Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa, President Robert Mugabe yesterday tore into the VP's followers who have been ...Published: 29 Feb 2016 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Plot to derail Mugabe bash
It appears as if it does not rain, but pours for the beleaguered Zanu-PF faction that is said to be rallying behind embattled Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa's mooted presidential aspirations....Published: 21 Feb 2016 at 11:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe fed up with Mutsvangwa
An angry President Robert Mugabe - thoroughly fed up with his ruling Zanu-PF's indisciplined and warring underlings - savaged ousted war veterans leader Christopher Mutsvangwa sometime this week, virt...Published: 21 Feb 2016 at 11:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's presidential aspirations hangs in the balance
If any further proof was required to show that the Zanu-PF faction rallying behind Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa's mooted presidential aspirations is reeling from the ruling party's seemingly-unst...Published: 19 Feb 2016 at 13:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's enemies now more determined than ever to finish him off
As the ugly infighting ravaging President Robert Mugabe's post-congress Zanu-PF gets more ominous, with yet another minister receiving a bullet parcel on Monday, ruling party opponents of Acting Presi...Published: 14 Jan 2016 at 10:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man's cars petrol bombed in SA's xenophobia violence
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Israel Gaza Conflict, difficult to resolve
When the Al Jazeera journalists were arrested and put to trial in Egypt for allegedly supporting the Moslem Brotherhood, I was filled with deep sympathy and indignation with the Egyptian government. I...Published: 01 Aug 2014 at 11:39hrs | | by Zanda Shumba
New STD deadlier than AIDS discovered
There is a new sexually transmitted superbug that experts say may be more deadly that AIDS.According to a CNBC report, an antibiotic-resistant strain of gonorrhea is more aggressive than the H...Published: 28 Jan 2014 at 08:14hrs | | by kenya-today
'Aids Vaccine breakthrough'- Research
Researchers have made a breakthrough in the search for a vaccine that could protect people from acquiring HIV after preliminary studies on monkeys showed a 50 percent chance of protection against the ...Published: 09 Oct 2013 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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