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Zimbabwe warns over rogue Covid-19 medical doctor
THE Medical and Dental Practitioners Council of Zimbabwe (MDPCZ) on Friday warned over the illegal practice of one Jacqueline Carey Stone, who is allegedly treating COVID-19 patients using unregistere...Published: 49 mins ago | 205 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo police impound 95 cars
POLICE in Bulawayo yesterday impounded 95 vehicles from motorists, including pirate taxis, for defying the level 4 lockdown regulations meant to curb the spread of Covid-19. The country has of...Published: 11 hrs ago | 571 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 spike blamed on unrestricted movement
THE surge in Covid-19 infections was caused by the movement of people who travelled into and throughout the country during the festive season, a senior Government official has said. Health and...Published: 11 hrs ago | 289 | by Staff reporter
Covid 19 cases reach 30 000
ZIMBABWE'S Covid-19 cases reached the 30000 mark on Thursday after 639 new infections were recorded.The country's Covid-19 cases jumped to 30047 including 917 deaths, 19569 recoveries and 9561...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 16:14hrs | 798 | 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 | 638 | by Staff reporter
'Two health workers infected by COVID-19 each day'
At least two members of the health frontline workers in Zimbabwe's major hospital are contracting the dreaded COVID-19 virus per day and putting a strain on the country's health provision system....Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:54hrs | 603 | by Staff reporter
UBH - only Covid-19 centre for Matabeleland - runs out of oxygen
One of Zimbabwe's major hospitals designated to admit Covid-19 patients has run out of oxygen.The United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) says it currently has 22 patients admitted, and some of them r...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 19:47hrs | 1257 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt to recruit 500 more nurses
Government will recruit 500 more nurses to augment the country's response to the Covid-19 pandemic that is threating to overwhelm the health services, while the risk allowance for frontline workers is...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 16:14hrs | 455 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa calls for 3-day COVID-19 fasting
FIRST Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa has called on Zimbabwean women to fast and pray for three days following a sharp rise in COVID-19 deaths and infections.The fasting will start today until Saturda...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:44hrs | 724 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo records 155 COVID-19 cumulative deaths
BULAWAYO metropolitan province has so far recorded a cumulative 155 deaths and 4 368 infections of the deadly COV-ID-19 virus. This comes on the backdrop of the country having recorded an unpr...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:37hrs | 601 | by Staff reporter
South Africa, China mourn SB Moyo
CHINA and South Africa have sent messages of condolences following the death on Wednesday, of Zimbabwe's Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo through Covid-19.In a statement, the Chinese emb...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 17:51hrs | 2105 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe COVID-19 death toll spikes
ZIMBABWE recorded an unprecedented record high 60 COVID-19 deaths in 24 hours on Monday, a situation that has forced health experts to conclude that this could just be a tip of an iceberg, considering...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 07:04hrs | 1658 | by Staff reporter
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 | 668 | by Staff reporter
Police descend hard on curfew violators
Police are tightening enforcement of the curfew, at present between 6pm and 6am, and those breaking it now have higher risk of arrest and impoundment of any vehicle they might be using. Only e...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:50hrs | 439 | by Staff reporter
112 Zimbabweans die of Covid-19 in 2 days
Zimbabwe saw its second deadliest day yet in Covid-19 mortality on Tuesday after recording its deadliest day on Monday.On Tuesday the country recorded 52 deaths and 783 new infections after re...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 21:04hrs | 2174 | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains damage Beitbridge roads
Heavy rains that have been pounding the country have left a lot of roads in Beitbridge district damaged resulting in most rural communities being cut off from the border town.The local Civil P...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 17:10hrs | 1906 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cops in fresh virus crusade
AS THE country remains in the vice grip of the deadly coronavirus, amid soaring deaths and infections, police have made a fresh appeal to Zimbabweans to improve their discipline and heed all current l...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 11:15hrs | 2076 | by Staff reporter
Herbalists dismiss claims bute heals Covid-19
AS the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic continues to hit the country with record infections and deaths being recorded, some desperate locals have resorted to using Bute in the hope the traditional...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 07:26hrs | 659 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa salutes Malianga, Gwaradzimba
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday described the late founding nationalist and Zanu-PF Central Committee member Moton Dizzy Paul Malianga and Manicaland Provincial Affairs and Devolution Minister Dr Ellen ...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 07:20hrs | 408 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's deadliest day yet in Covid-19 mortality, 60 dead
Zimbabwe saw its deadliest day yet in Covid-19 mortality on Monday, reporting an unprecedented 60 deaths and 689 new infections. 36 of the fatalities are in Harare alone, followed by Manicaland (10) a...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 21:23hrs | 3254 | by Staff reporter
'Home remedies don't cure COVID-19'
HEALTH experts and stakeholders have warned that home remedies were not a cure for COVID-19, but only relieve symptoms and offer the body a fighting chance against the respiratory virus.This f...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 06:23hrs | 2094 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 hits rural communities
The second wave of Covid-19 has impacted rural communities, which were previously seen as safe havens, with many positive cases and deaths reported since the beginning of the year. Most rural ...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:46hrs | 571 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe funeral parlours overwhelmed by COVID-19
AS AUTHORITIES continue to battle to contain the deadly coronavirus, amid alarming deaths and new infections in the country, Zimbabwe's stretched funeral parlours say they are now being overwhelmed by...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 13:34hrs | 3084 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo police deploy water cannons
POLICE in Bulawayo have upped their fight against lockdown violators by deploying water cannons in the central business district to disperse loitering people.This comes after police said nearl...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 13:32hrs | 3600 | by Staff reporter
Indiscipline driving up COVID-19 infections in Zimbabwe
THE government has raised a red flag over failure by Zimbabweans to respect the hard lockdown regulations as the country continues to battle rising Covid-19 infections and deaths.This comes as...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 13:32hrs | 497 | 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 | 9467 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hospitals run out of oxygen
MEDICAL practitioners have called on government to urgently intervene and put measures in place to ensure adequate supply of oxygen as most health institutions in the country are constantly running ou...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 09:39hrs | 1072 | by Staff reporter
200 die in seven-day Covid-19 bloodbath
ZIMBABWE last week experienced its worst week with spiking Covid-19 infections and 200 deaths as the country continues to suffer the consequences of the second wave of the global pandemic.With...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 09:24hrs | 514 | 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 to a sharp decline in the country's recovery rate....Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 08:12hrs | 541 | by Staff Reporter
Zinatha warns of fake, harmful Covid-19 herbs
THE Zimbabwe National Traditional Healers Association (ZINATHA) has cautioned the public not to buy, from the streets and other undesignated areas, traditional medicines sold by unregistered and "igno...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 19:11hrs | 1992 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga urges Zimbabweans not to panic
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has urged Zimbabweans not to panic, but to be even more vigilant in their daily lives as the country reels from the second wave of the lethal coronavirus.Th...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 15:20hrs | 2557 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe now almost overrun by Covid-19 second wave
When the coronavirus pandemic began early in 2020, most Zimbabweans never took it seriously. Many were misled by social media where it was peddled that Corona is only for whites and only comes in wint...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 09:24hrs | 2745 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chiwenga warns pen-mercenaries
VICE-PRESIDENT and Health and Child Care minister Constantino Chiwenga yesterday said Zimbabwe was still in good stead to handle the COVID-19 pandemic, arguing that public health facilities were still...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 07:30hrs | 3383 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa regime should stop weaponising law
THAT the arrest of journalist Hopewell Chin'ono among others may complicate matters for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new dispensation's international re-engagement is not in doubt anymore.No...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 07:22hrs | 803 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga says Covid-19 jab will be voluntary for Zimbabweans
Zimbabwe announced on Friday that taking a Covid-19 vaccine will be voluntary for its citizens as authorities ponder inoculation logistics following reports that the country will receive three million...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 20:57hrs | 2702 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga warns social media users
Vice President and Health Minister Constantino Chiwenga has denied claims the country's hospitals are overwhelmed amid a surge in Covid-19 cases and face a critical shortage of beds and equipment....Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 19:20hrs | 1644 | by Staff reporter
Pharmacies can operate beyond business times set under the current hard lockdown
Pharmacies have been given the green light to operate beyond business times set under the current hard lockdown.Covid-19 national task force deputy Amon Murwirwa said that pharmacies offer ess...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 08:06hrs | 1487 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown closures clear border mess
SANITY has returned to Beitbridge Border Post following the closure of the busy facility under fresh Covid-19 control measures by both South Africa and Zimbabwe.The high mobility across the bo...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:51hrs | 1070 | by Staff reporter
One COVID-19 death per hour
ZIMBABWE's COVID-19 dilemma is likely to escalate if serious precautions to prevent its further spread are not taken, with official statistics yesterday revealing that one person is dying every hour i...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:43hrs | 912 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe invites tenders for oxygen supply as COVID-19 cases surge
ZIMBABWE'S Health ministry invited tenders for the supply of oxygen to its medical facilities as the number of coronavirus infections surge.The request was made for hospitals already facing st...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:37hrs | 196 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe prisons a death trap, says EU
THE European Union has raised a red flag over the continued incarceration of journalists and opposition leaders in Zimbabwe, as well as the poor state of the country's prisons which it described as de...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:33hrs | 389 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's COVID-19 recovery rate drops drastically
ZIMBABWE'S Covid-19 recovery rate has dropped drastically in the second wave of the new variant of the virus and most infections are local, showing that communities should adopt safe behaviours as the...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:31hrs | 593 | by Staff reporter
'South Africa is going to get a third wave of coronavirus, even a fourth'
South Africa is struggling to contain a second wave of Covid-19 infections, fuelled by a virulent new local variant of the virus, "Covid fatigue" and a seriesof "super-spreader" events.On ...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 11:43hrs | 1831 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's corona deaths, infections keep soaring
CONCERNED medical experts have implored the government to follow the example of South Africa and close all its land borders, to curb the alarming spread of coronavirus in the country.Speaking ...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 11:11hrs | 788 | by Staff reporter
Western diplomats in Zimbabwe question Sikhala, Mahere, Chin'ono arrests
Western diplomats in Zimbabwe have expressed concern over the continued detention of journalist Hopewell Chin'ono and MDC Alliance officials Job Sikhala and Fadzayi Mahere.The three are charge...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 09:05hrs | 2616 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe COVID-19 vaccine policy on cards
GOVERNMENT is in the process of coming up with a national COVID-19 vaccination policy, amid calls by a top health expert that the country must also embrace COVID-19 vaccines that meet international st...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 07:54hrs | 377 | by Staff reporter
10 000 arrested for mask violations in one week
NEARLY 10 000 people have been arrested countrywide for not wearing face masks and more than 16 000 were arrested for flouting lockdown regulations within a week. Government has expressed conc...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 07:50hrs | 132 | by Staff reporter
Hunger forces Bulawayo residents to break lockdown regulations
Residents of Zimbabwe's second-largest city, Bulawayo are ignoring the COVID-19 lockdown as hunger takes hold.Zimbabwe embarked on a 30-day hard lockdown on 5 January, following a sudden incre...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 18:47hrs | 1666 | by Staff reporter
'Ramaphosa made a mistake by closing the borders'
Wits University's Health and Social Security Sytems specialist, Professor, Alex van den Heever, has slammed President Cyril Ramaphosa for having closed all the land borders on Monday evening.A...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 18:00hrs | 4488 | by Daniel Itai, Johannesburg, South Africa
Mpilo Covid-19 cases reach 206
ABOUT 206 Mpilo Central Hospital healthcare workers have contracted Covid-19 since April last year, amid fears of more infections owing to the rapid increase of new cases in the countrywide. A...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 07:52hrs | 287 | by Staff reporter
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