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WHO on alert over new COVID variant
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a cautionary advisory urging countries to remain vigilant and closely monitor the evolution of new COVID-19 variants, emphasizing the importance of preve...Published: 03 Jun 2025 at 12:07hrs | 2183 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says western countries are vultures
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said Zimbabwe will never be ruled by puppets, describing Western countries as "vultures" hovering over the country's resources.In his speech during the c...Published: 15 Aug 2023 at 06:36hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt honors Dr Sikhulile Moyo
Government has gazetted the names of Zimbabweans given awards by President Emmerson Mnangagwa for distinguishing themselves in different areas of endeavours and expertise.Those who received aw...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 21:29hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe, Nkomo receive statue honours
Two statues are set to be erected for the late former President Robert Gabriel Mugabe and the late Vice President, Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo at two separate points in Harare in recognition of t...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 08:14hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Parents visits to boarding schools banned
GOVERNMENT has with immediate effect banned parents and guardians from visiting learners at boarding schools in a move aimed at mitigating the spread of Covid-19.One of the boarding schools, S...Published: 20 Feb 2023 at 05:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt allays new COVID-19 variant fears
Government has allayed fears around the recent discovery of a new COVID-19 variant XBB.1.5 in neighbouring South Africa (SA) saying it had necessary measures and safeguards in place to control the var...Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 06:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Parent visiting days remain banned
PARENTS and guardians remain banned from visiting learners at boarding schools as Covid-19 prevention protocols remain in place.This comes ahead of the opening of schools tomorrow. Health offi...Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 09:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rewards Dr Sikhulile Moyo for discovering Omicron Covid-19 variant
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has awarded a US$50 000 token of appreciation to world-renowned Matobo District-born medical scientist and virologist, Dr Sikhulile Moyo, in recognition of his contribution in savi...Published: 27 Dec 2022 at 06:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbawean scientist is saluted in Time's 100 influential persons
A ZIMBABWEAN scientist credited with the discovery of the Covid-19 Omicron variant has been recognised as one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world.Time 100 is a yearly l...Published: 06 Jun 2022 at 09:45hrs | 11 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe on high alert as Covid-19 fifth wave sweeps SA
The rise in the number of new Covid-19 cases recorded in the last week is not an indication that Zimbabwe has entered a fifth wave of infection but is largely just the breakers from the increase in ca...Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Wearing of masks remains mandatory as new Omicron variants emerge
GOVERNMENT yesterday said it would not lift COVID-19 restrictions, which include wearing of masks and a ban on big gatherings, to help control the spread of the pandemic ahead of the Easter holidays....Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:40hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'New Covid-19 variant could get into Zimbabwe'
Botswana has detected a new Covid-19 variant which a local health expert says is likely to find its way into Zimbabwe within a week, analysts have said.A new sub lineage of the Omicron, has be...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
New Covid-19 variant detected in Botswana
BOTSWANA has detected a new omicron sub variant, Omicron B.A.4 and B.A.5.Authorities in the neighbouring country said four people have tested positive to the new variant and have mild symptoms...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 14:52hrs | 11 | 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
Masisi stands tall in fight to remove illegal sanctions against Zimbabwe
President Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana has reiterated that his country will always call for the removal of illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by Western countries over 20 years ago.He told...Published: 26 Feb 2022 at 18:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'5th COVID-19 wave brewing'
LOCAL health experts have warned of a brewing fifth wave of COVID-19 following a spike in new cases in schools since the beginning of the first term nearly two weeks ago.According to latest st...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Omicron survives longer on plastic surfaces and skin
The two most recent major variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus have proven to be more infectious than their predecessors.Experts increasingly agree that the virus spreads primarily through the air...Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 05:24hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Schools to open 7 February
THE government has announced that schools will open for the 2022 learning calendar on 7 February while the curfew now starts at midnight ending at 0530hrs, easing some of the restrictive measures put ...Published: 28 Jan 2022 at 21:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 recovery rate continues to rise
THE national Covid-19 recovery rate continues to rise, raising hope for a return to normalcy under the new normal, with reopening of schools becoming a possibility.From Wednesday last week to ...Published: 24 Jan 2022 at 05:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
New Covid-19 regulations for hotels
THE Government has directed restaurants attached to hotels, backpackers' lodges and guest houses to restrict provision of food and drinks to room service while learning institutions are prohibited fro...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records sharp decrease in Covid cases
ZIMBABWE has seen a sharp decline in Covid-19 cases over the past week, with daily cases dropping from 709 on January 10 to 144 Sunday, according to figures released by the Ministry of Health and Chil...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa spends leave at home
President Mnangagwa is now on his annual leave, taking a break after implementing crucial activities at both Government and party level.In a statement yesterday, Chief Secretary to the Office ...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 00:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
China's 10m jabs gift major boost for Covid-19 fight
China donated another 10 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines, bringing its gifts to 12 million doses, and ensuring that with its own purchases Zimbabwe now has access to adequate stocks to give the unv...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 23:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
EU replaces Southern Africa travel ban with testing requirements
European Union member states have agreed to lift the air travel ban on southern African countries, which will allow more travel to resume.The decision lifts the so-called emergency brake intro...Published: 11 Jan 2022 at 14:06hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Acute COVID-19 could end in 2022, claims WHO
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has said acute COVID-19 deaths and hospitalisations could end this year, if governments remain vigilant in enforcing public health measures set to control the sprea...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 05:56hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa receives his Covid-19 booster shot
Setting an example to highlight both the importance and safety of the Covid-19 vaccination programme, President Mnangagwa and several Cabinet ministers received their booster Covid-19 vaccine shots re...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 05:50hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Jordan Zemura in Covid-19 scare
WarARRIORS team manager Wellington Mpandare yesterday called for reinforcements following revelations that Jordan Zemura's AFC Bournemouth was hit by Covid-19 outbreak just before the defender was sch...Published: 03 Jan 2022 at 05:52hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Schools to remain closed except for exam pupils 'until further notice'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday declared that schools will remain indefinitely closed, just hours after the ministry of primary and secondary education published the school calendar which state...Published: 01 Jan 2022 at 13:59hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa criticised over selective application of COVID-19 regulations
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has come under fire for defying his government's COVID-19 regulations on public gatherings as the country grapples with the fourth wave.Clergy, residents and civic...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:16hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Govt gives guidelines on booster shots
GOVERNMENT has authorised administering of COVID-19 booster shots beginning with frontline workers, Health and Child Care ministry secretary Jasper Chimedza has said.Chimedza said frontline wo...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:13hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe buoyed by Chinese jabs
ZIMBABWE received on Monday an additional batch of 1 million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine from Sinovac Biotech, a donation that follows hot on the heels of a pledge by China to give a further 600 milli...Published: 26 Dec 2021 at 07:44hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
US lifts restrictions on Zimbabwe
THE restrictions were implemented to slow the spread of the omicron variant in the United States, and they applied to South Africa – where omicron was first detected – as well as Botswana, Eswatin...Published: 25 Dec 2021 at 09:18hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
100 Bulawayo lockdown violators arrested
POLICE in Bulawayo yesterday arrested over 100 people for violating COVID-19 regulations,Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga on Tuesday urged officers commanding provinces to be tough w...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 07:27hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs raise Covid-19 alarm
CHIEFS have raised alarm over Zimbabweans sneaking into communities from neighbouring countries where they are based amid strong suspicions that some of them are border jumpers who are evading Covid-1...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 07:26hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Speculation rife as Zimbabwe records spike in cases of rare flu
Genomic sequencing is needed to avoid speculation of a new variant following a spike in rare flu cases in Zimbabwe, health experts have said.This comes as Zimbabwe is recording an increase in ...Published: 23 Dec 2021 at 05:36hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Police search for 12 SA deportees who fled from quarantine centre
ZIMBABWE police are searching for 12 deportees from South Africa who escaped from a quarantine centre in Beitbridge.The 12 Zimbabweans all tested positive for Covid-19 and are being referred t...Published: 19 Dec 2021 at 19:02hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
WHO red flags Zimbabwe flu bug
A TOP World Health Organisation (WHO) official has red-flagged Zimbabwe over the possibility of a new variant circulating in the country following the outbreak of an unexplained flu bug.Health...Published: 17 Dec 2021 at 23:42hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa extends lockdown measures
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday extended the Covid-19 level two national lockdown by a further two weeks, citing the a rapid rise in infections driven by the new Omicron variant, and moderately tighteni...Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 22:50hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
BCC bemoans shortage of ICU facilities
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has expressed fears that a possible spike in new COVID-19 cases following an outbreak of the Omicron variant could trigger a shortage of hospital beds as the city's health ...Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 05:56hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 paralyses Parly business
PARLIAMENT business ground to a standstill on Wednesday as legislators argued over whether the House should adjourn due to rising COVID-19 cases.The issue was raised as a matter of privilege b...Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 05:52hrs | 9 | 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
Omicron send covid-19 cases soaring 2 555 per day, up 5 000% in a week - with it pressure to ensure free elections
As of 6 December 2021, Zimbabwe had 141 601 cumulated covid-19 cases, 2 555 new cases up from the 50 or less per day of last week. The country has vaccinated 3.8 million and 2.8 million with t...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 08:14hrs | 12 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mnangagwa unleashes CIOs
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says he has unleashed the dreaded Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) agents to track down and bring to book people who peddle fake news about him.This comes a...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:13hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube fears for economy
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube says he is keeping his fingers crossed that the current wave of the Covid-19 (Omicron variant) pandemic will not get to the previous d...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:07hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 hits 100+ schools
GOVERNMENT has intensified adherence to Covid-19 standard mitigation procedures in learning institutions amid reports that over 100 schools countrywide have been hit by new infections.Although...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Courts closed as Covid-19 cases surge
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has temporarily closed lower and superior courts across the country to allow fumigation and contact tracing, as cases of Covid-19 infections continue to surge amo...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:58hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
BUSE students forced to sit exams during Covid-19 outbreak
The Bindura University of Science Education (BUSE) on Monday controversially commenced examinations despite a Covid-19 outbreak at the institution.The university ignored pleas to postpone exam...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:49hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
UK PM snubs Mnangagwa
ZIMBABWE'S pariah status continues following reports British Prime Minister Boris Johnson consulted Southern African presidents, except President Emmerson Mnangagwa, before the latest travel restricti...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:46hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa Opens Three Vic Falls Hotels
VICTORIA FALLS: President Emmerson Mnangagwa Wednesday officially opened three new luxury hotels here where he reiterated Zimbabwe's targeted US$5 billion tourism industry economy by 2025 was achievab...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:46hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
ZEC temporarily closes offices due to Covid-19
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has temporarily closed offices owing to the rise in Covid-19 cases.In a statement on Friday, Zec said offices will be closed from December 11 to 19....Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:27hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
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