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Zimbabwe bucks the trend as more patients recover from Covid-19
Almost half of Zimbabwe's confirmed Covid-19 patients have now fully recovered with more shrugging off the last of their infection almost every day, but medical experts warn that this is no reason to ...Published: 4 hrs ago | 363 | by Staff reporter
Hospitals demand COVID-19 records
PATIENTS seeking admission to public and private hospitals are now required to produce coronavirus test results before being taken in under a new policy likely to force the majority poor to die at hom...Published: 25 May 2020 at 08:04hrs | 967 | by Staff reporter
US praises Zimbabwe
THE coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has wreaked havoc world-wide with countries such as the United States (US) being one of the most affected. Zimbabwe has so far recorded over 50 confirmed cases, 18 ...Published: 24 May 2020 at 22:09hrs | 3262 | by Staff reporter
Man and snakes are mortal enemies
Even those who had sickly wobbled for treatment found new energy jumping spring high to get out of danger's way. A long dangerously thick snake with a diamond shaped head had sort warmth near patients...Published: 24 May 2020 at 22:03hrs | 1525 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Reckless police action almost cost girl's life
Dear Editor, On Monday 18 May 2020 I witnessed a horrific accident caused by ZRP's reckless action. The accident occurred along Zvishavane - Gweru road a few metres from Zvishavane hospital. T...Published: 24 May 2020 at 10:19hrs | 1841 | by Munya Shumba
Traditional medicine to be used in Covid-19 fight
ZIMBABWE and China will enhance collaboration in fighting the coronavirus through a cocktail of measures, which include development and use of traditional medicines.The country has been hostin...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:14hrs | 413 | by Staff reporter
Tales of a Covid-19 ravaged Zimbabwean community in UK
"MANY loved ones will die!" screams a newspaper headline.As Covid-19 spreads, another headline ramps up emotions: "Daughters lose dad and big sister to coronavirus within days of each other â€...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:10hrs | 257 | by Charles Mtetwa
Healthcare professionals discover their voice
There is a seismic shift in Zimbabwe's political discourse. A critical segment of its population is beginning to find its voice - healthcare staff.Doctors, nurses and psychotherapists have lar...Published: 23 May 2020 at 10:03hrs | 1700 | by Sandra Kudenga
People living with HIV in dilema-ZPP
The Zimbabwe Peace Project has revealed that in a survey conducted in various districts respondents were at pains to explain that people living with HIV and AIDS are struggling to have the recommended...Published: 22 May 2020 at 11:51hrs | 1739 | by Stephen Jakes
Cimas announces cover for COVID-19 positive members
Cimas Medical Aid Society has announced that it will provide any of its members who test positive for COVID-19 with medical aid cover for subsequent treatment and clearance tests at the end of their t...Published: 22 May 2020 at 11:45hrs | 649 | by Agencies
Zimbabwe runs out of COVID-19 test kits
ZIMBABWE is sitting on a potentially catastrophic Covid-19 time bomb as the government is fast running out of test kits and protective clothing, resulting in a huge backlog of thousands of untested la...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:15hrs | 638 | by Staff reporter
Embarrassed Mnangagwa's regime must stop illegal arrests of youth leaders!
The MDC Alliance Youth Assembly spokesperson Stephen Sarkozy Chuma has noted with great concern an ongoing blitzkrieg by some notorious law enforcement agents as a veneer to cover up for their g...Published: 21 May 2020 at 12:00hrs | 2077 | by Stephen Jakes
'South Africa does not qualify to go to Stage 3' WHO says
South Africa does not meet the World Health Organisation (WHO standards to move from the current Level 4 to Level 3, the country's Health Minister Zwelini Lawrence Mkhize has said.Speaking dur...Published: 20 May 2020 at 12:16hrs | 4521 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe joins search for Covid-19 vaccine
Zimbabwe's international profile recently received a major lift after it was allowed to join 100 other countries participating in the ongoing Covid-19 clinical trial. The Solidarity Trial, a m...Published: 20 May 2020 at 06:52hrs | 519 | by Staff reporter
40,000+ to die from coronavirus in South Africa by November
More than 40 000 people are expected to die from the coronavirus in South Africa by November, one million people will be infected and the country is unlikely to have enough ICU beds at the peak of the...Published: 19 May 2020 at 23:02hrs | 3676 | by Staff reporter
Opening of schools premature, Period!
Dear Editor,The recent announcement by the Head of State, President Emmerson Mnangagwa regarding the reopening of schools to examination classes has left most forward thinking educationists sh...Published: 19 May 2020 at 10:05hrs | 2291 | by ZIMTA
6 Surprising Herbal Painkillers for Natural Pain Relief
When pain affects your social life, family time, or work, you would do anything to help soothe the feeling. Whether we are talking about chronic pain or occasional pain episodes, a person's first resp...Published: 18 May 2020 at 10:05hrs | 3382 | by Staff Writer
'Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF neglected Sikhosana'
THE late Zanu-PF politburo member and acting Bulawayo provincial chairperson Absolom Sikhosana died a pauper with well-wishers only chipping in two days before his death to pay for his prescribed medi...Published: 18 May 2020 at 07:57hrs | 7958 | by Staff reporter
Pondering the Post-Covid-19 world
Ndamase is a serious type. Very serious that he sees a fault in every joke. He regularly feels that whenever people joke and laugh they waste too much time not thinking about their inevitable death on...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:21hrs | 99 | by Cetshwayo Zindabazezwe Mabhena
Mnangagwa must extend lockdown, there are more than 42 covid-19 cases, but no one must starve
As of today, Friday 15 May 2020, Zimbabwe has 42 confirmed covid-19 cases, 13 have recovered, 4 deaths and 25 active cases, none of whom are in hospital.The country imposed a 3-week total nati...Published: 16 May 2020 at 13:00hrs | 1328 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mater Dei opens COVID-19 centre
THE Catholic Church-run Mater Dei Hospital is reopening as a COVID-19 isolation and treatment centre and will be Bulawayo's only fully equipped institution to handle coronavirus patients.The M...Published: 16 May 2020 at 07:47hrs | 528 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Coronavirus cases jump to 42
The Ministry of Health has announced that Coronavirus cases have jumped to 42 as of Friday evening. According to the Ministry, two of the patients (one from Harare and the other from Mas...Published: 15 May 2020 at 19:08hrs | 6150 | by Mandla Ndlovu
There is no cure for COVID-19: Traditional healers
PRESIDENT of the Traditional Medicines Practices Council (TMPC) Friday Chisanyu has cautioned against herbalists and traditional healers who were claiming to have herbs that cure COVID-19.The ...Published: 15 May 2020 at 07:40hrs | 1337 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo lab stops Covid-19 tests
THE Covid-19 testing laboratory in Bulawayo, which has been struggling to clear a backlog of about 700 cases, has stopped conducting tests due to a critical shortage of consumables, but Government is ...Published: 14 May 2020 at 07:28hrs | 595 | by Staff reporter
In Era of COVID-19, Russia's Strategic Politics of Coronavirus Aid Takes the Stage in Africa
With coronavirus rapidly spreading among the population of 148 million, Russia took the third position in the world. According to the official data provided on May 11, Russia had an aggregate total of...Published: 13 May 2020 at 07:02hrs | 474 | by Kester Kenn Klomegah
Zimbabwe govt fearful of new coronavirus hit
Health Minister Obadiah Moyo says that the country remains on high alert and is not ruling out a second wave of coronavirus cases. This comes after the World Health Organisation predicted that...Published: 11 May 2020 at 08:34hrs | 2773 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo resumes Covid-19 testing
TESTING of the coronavirus at the National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory in Bulawayo resumed yesterday after a two-day stoppage that was triggered by shortages of consumables.The centre, h...Published: 10 May 2020 at 07:33hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
Coronavirus could be sexually transmitted
(CNN) The new coronavirus can persist in men's semen even after they have begun to recover, a finding that raises the possibility the virus could be sexually transmitted, Chinese researchers said Thur...Published: 08 May 2020 at 21:24hrs | 4259 | by CNN
Chinese built 1 000 bed covid-19 hospital in 10 days: our isolation centres don't even have running water - after 6 months!
"The (Beitbridge Rainbow Hotel) Isolation Centre has no tap water because Beitbridge generally has a serious water crisis attributed to the inefficiencies of the local council. The borehole that the c...Published: 08 May 2020 at 15:02hrs | 987 | by Wilbert Mukori
Bulawayo now has 5 ventilators
BULAWAYO now has five ventilators; three portable ones at Ekusileni Medical Centre and two to be mounted at Thorngrove Infectious Diseases Hospital to be used by Covid-19 patients. Ventilators...Published: 08 May 2020 at 00:30hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
18 Zimbabweans sneak into the country...nabbed by security agents
Zimbabwe security nabbed 18 people who sneaked into the country from South Africa through crossing illegal entry points.The citizens are said to have committed the crime because they feared being subj...Published: 07 May 2020 at 08:33hrs | 2716 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Biti says there is paralysis in government planning
MDC vice president Tendai Biti claimed there was paralysis in government planning."The decision to force the use of ZUPCO buses as sole public transporter is irrational and monopolistic. ZUPCO...Published: 05 May 2020 at 16:16hrs | 2478 | by Staff reporter
Zinatha claims it has cure for coronavirus
THE Zimbabwe National Traditional Healers Association (Zinatha) has sensationally claimed that it has herbs that can treat coronavirus (Covid-19) , calling on the government to include its members in ...Published: 05 May 2020 at 09:24hrs | 3017 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 positive man declines to be quarantined
A BULAWAYO man who tested positive for COVID-19 last week caused a stir at his place of residence at the weekend as he declined to get into an ambulance and ferried to an isolation centre.The ...Published: 05 May 2020 at 07:38hrs | 1256 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe HIV, TB patients in Bots, SA raise lockdown alarm
THE Covid-19-induced lockdowns in South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe have had a great impact on HIV-positive Zimbabweans and TB patients based in the neighbouring countries. A significant num...Published: 05 May 2020 at 07:37hrs | 671 | by Staff reporter
Doctors urge Zimbabwe to dump COVID-19 rapid testing
THE ZIMBABWE Senior Hospital Doctors Association (ZSHDA) has urged health authorities to do discard the Rapid Diagnostic Testing (RDT) on suspected COVID-19 patients arguing the process poses higher r...Published: 05 May 2020 at 07:35hrs | 1449 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe pleads for aid to avert 'collapse' and fight Covid-19
Zimbabwe has pleaded with international institutions to help it clear billions of dollars in debt arrears so the country can avoid economic collapse and unlock funds to fight the coronavirus pandemic....Published: 04 May 2020 at 11:05hrs | 1639 | by James Cotterill I Financial Times
Retired UK based Zimbabwean nurse dies from Covid-19
A retired Zimbabwean nurse based in the United Kingdom has died of coronavirus after she had been invited back to work to assist front line staff in the fight against the world pandemic.Rachel...Published: 04 May 2020 at 07:47hrs | 1658 | by Staff reporter
'Covid-19 results taking too long'
DOCTORS have urged the government to work on improving the turnaround time of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test results for coronavirus (Covid-19) which they say is way too long.PCR tests a...Published: 03 May 2020 at 14:17hrs | 646 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean UK health workers in difficult times
THOUSANDS of Zimbabwean health workers might have left the country to seek greener pastures in the United Kingdom but with the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19) ravaging that country many are now dying fa...Published: 03 May 2020 at 14:17hrs | 2251 | by Staff reporter
The fiasco of Ekusileni Hospital in Bulawayo
AMID a flurry of government efforts to find suitable accommodation for the treatment of the Covid-19 patients, it was announced that Ekusileni Hospital in Bulawayo's posh Hillside Suburb had been iden...Published: 03 May 2020 at 09:27hrs | 2543 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Why Bulawayo is coming together
A group of prominent Bulawayo residents has taken the lead in helping to prepare the city's health facilities to handle Covid-19 patients at a time the government is struggling to put together a coher...Published: 03 May 2020 at 09:25hrs | 3992 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's level 2 lockdown explained
GOVERNMENT yesterday gazetted Statutory Instrument 99 of 2020 to give clarity to the Level 2 national lockdown announced by President Mnangagwa on Friday.The measures show a balancing act that...Published: 03 May 2020 at 08:55hrs | 769 | by Staff reporter
The delicate balancing act in Zimbabwe's lockdown: Safety vs Survival
The Zimbabwe's second phase of the national lockdown comes to an end on Sunday, the 3rd of May 2020. Notably, statistics reveal that the scourge of the coronavirus disease still presents a...Published: 02 May 2020 at 16:29hrs | 365 | by Lovemore Moyo
Beitbridge COVID-19 facility not yet equipped
THE National Social Security Authority (NSSA)-owned Beitbridge Hotel has not been equipped to handle COVID-19 cases a month after it was designated for such amid revelations over $30 million is requir...Published: 01 May 2020 at 08:24hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council nurses threaten strike over unpaid salaries
BULAWAYO's fight against COVID-19 faces a major test amid reports of low morale among council health workers threatening to down tools over outstanding March salaries and non-payment of risk allowance...Published: 30 Apr 2020 at 07:31hrs | 513 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 testing expands to local clinics
MORE health centres in Bulawayo and Harare, including clinics, have started Rapid Diagnosis Tests (RDT) for Covid-19, a programme that will be spread to all provinces. The RDT is done to scree...Published: 30 Apr 2020 at 07:07hrs | 758 | by Staff reporter
'Dr Obadiah Moyo in breach of Public Health Act'
A constitutional law expert, Kucaca Phulu, says the Minister of Health and Child Care Dr Obadiah Moyo breached the country's Public Health Act, by failing to provide resources meant to beef up infecti...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 13:24hrs | 1988 | by Staff reporter
UN buys US$4.1M PPE for covid-19 workers - yeah, whatever is left after kitting VP Chiwenga, etc
"The United Nations (UN) Monday announced plans to disburse US$4.1 million support to help Zimbabwe tackle Covid-19," reported New Zimbabwe.The funds will be used to procure personal protectiv...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 10:37hrs | 1478 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwean UK nurses top the covid-19 death statistics
Zimbabwe counts for over 30% of the total number of health workers who have died in the U.K. The minister of Health in the U.K. has said over a hundred health workers have died in the fron...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 09:22hrs | 6650 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
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