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Zimbabwe launches T-Cell HIV vaccine trial

Zimbabwe has taken a historic step in the global fight against HIV with the launch of a groundbreaking vaccine trial led by local and regional scientists. The Mutala Trustâ€™s Infectious Disease Research Laboratory has become the epicentre…

Published: 09 Aug 2025 at 09:48hrs | | by Staff reporter

Vaccine hesitancy a threat to Zimbabwe's immunisation drive

Vaccine hesitancy, once largely associated with impoverished communities and apostolic sects, is now increasingly taking root among Zimbabwe's wealthy urban elite, sparking concern among health experts.According to the 2024 WHO/UNICEF Esti…

Published: 04 Aug 2025 at 12:51hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe secures 1.8 million doses of cholera vaccine

ZIMBABWE has secured 1, 8 million doses of the oral cholera vaccine (OCV) with reports that interventions put in place have led to a decline in new cases as uptake of the vaccine has reached 90 percent. The country which recorded an outbre…

Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 17:32hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Cholera vaccinations start next week

A TOTAL of 153 active cholera treatment centres have been set up across the country to curb the spread of the water-borne disease as cases continue to surge with the Ministry of Health and Child Care successfully applying for the allocatio…

Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 04:16hrs | | by Staff reporter

UK scientists are developing a vaccine for an unknown disease

UK scientists have begun developing vaccines as an insurance against a new pandemic caused by an unknown "Disease X".They have drawn up a threat list of animal viruses that are capable of infecting humans and could in future spread rapidly…

Published: 09 Aug 2023 at 08:07hrs | 376 | by Erick Matotoba

It's time we retrace our footsteps

Face contorted as a result of the bitter taste in their mouth, baby on her lap near a crackling fire, the African mother does the ritual dutifully without fail. Was this not an immune-boosting herbal vaccine, a practice with echoes in the …

Published: 24 May 2023 at 09:25hrs | | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

Zimbabwe to intensify COVID-19 vaccination

VICE-President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday said the country would intensify COVID-19 child vaccination programmes in preparation for schools opening next week.Chiwenga, who doubles as Health and Child Care minister, made the remarks in …

Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 09:01hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe to deploy pathologists to Mozambique

GOVERNMENT will deploy a team of pathologists to Mozambique in June to start the exhumation and repatriation of more than 157 Zimbabwean nationals who were swept away by the Cyclone Idai floods in 2019, for re-burial back home.Scheduled de…

Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 06:26hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Covid-19 testing scrapped for fully vaccinated arrivals

Covid-19 testing for fully vaccinated travellers arriving in Zimbabwe is no longer required, which should speed up business travel and help tourism, although the unvaccinated still have to present a recent negative test result.Cabinet agre…

Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:14hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Lawyer denied entry to CID HQ over vaccination card

BULAWAYO lawyer Job Sibanda has taken Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga and Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe to court after he was blocked from entering the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) headquarters in Harare for …

Published: 01 Mar 2022 at 05:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Employees may be compelled to take Covid-19 vaccine

The strides made by the government to scale up the voluntary vaccination process in Zimbabwe are welcome as a move to contain the surging virus.however, some employers are now compelling their employees to be vaccinated.As a result, there …

Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 07:33hrs | | by Cephas Mavhondo

'Vaccines safe for HIV+ people'

A SENIOR health official has said COVID-19 vaccines being used in Zimbabwe are safe for people living with HIV, especially those on anti-retroviral therapy.Paul Chinakidzwa, the deputy director of health promotions in the Health ministry s…

Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 07:19hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

How safe are Covid19 Vaccines?

I first heard of it in January 2020 that there was a viral disease which was killing people in China. I didn't take it seriously . I thought it was going to be  a Chinese disease which was going to start and end there in China.I remem…

Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 19:57hrs | 13 | by Etiwel Mutero

More Sinopharm jabs for Zimbabwe

THE National Covid-19 Vaccination Programme will receive a major boost this week when the country takes delivery of a new batch of 500 000 vaccine doses procured by the Government from Chinese pharmaceutical giant, Sinopharm.Increased dema…

Published: 20 Jun 2021 at 07:17hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa assures Zimbabweans on vaccine supplies

THE Government is committed to achieving herd immunity against Covid-19 and procurement of the vaccines is on course, President Mnangagwa said.This comes as the nation has so far vaccinated more than 1 million people as it pursues its targ…

Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 06:51hrs | 28 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa says, 'let's get the jab to return to normalcy'

ZIMBABWEANS should receive the Covid-19 vaccines as that is one of the best and safest measures to protect the nation from the deadly pandemic and enable return to normalcy, President Mnangagwa said as he received his second antidote. In h…

Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 07:19hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa gets second jab

President Mnangagwa today received his second jab of the Covid-19 Sinopharm vaccine in the city of Kwekwe and called for the nation to continue embracing the vaccines as they are the best route towards a return to normalcy.The President wh…

Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 20:31hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter

South Africa suspends rollout of J&J vaccine

South Africa's Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has announced a temporary pause of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Covid-19 vaccine rollout.It follows a decision by the US Food and Drug Agency (FDA) to pause the vaccine rollout after of bl…

Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 22:24hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe govt increases Covid-19 vaccination sites

THE Government has introduced more Covid-19 vaccination sites across the country as part of efforts to decentralise the process and decongest existing service points. Wilkins Hospital, which has been the main vaccination point in Harare, w…

Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 07:49hrs | 35 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo frontliners to get second vaccination

FRONTLINE workers in Bulawayo who last month received their first dose of the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine will this week get their second doses with continued calls for more health care workers to get inoculated. So far Bulawayo Province ha…

Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 06:11hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter

Vaccination roll-out moves gear up

President Mnangagwa is today expected to launch the second stage of the first phase of the Covid-19 vaccination programme in the scenic city of Victoria Falls. The President is expected to take his vaccination at the event. Stage 2 of the …

Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 06:07hrs | | by Staff reporter

'2nd jab might trigger side effects'

HEALTH experts have warned that people receiving the second dose of the Chinese-manufactured COVID-19 Sinopharm vaccine might experience severe side effects, but said this should not be cause for alarm as the pain would subside with time.A…

Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 06:06hrs | 31 | by Staff reporter

More countries join in suspending AstraZeneca

Germany, France, Italy, Ireland and the Netherlands have joined the growing list of countries that have suspended the use of the coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford over blood clot concerns. The Dutch …

Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 06:19hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Private players will open path for counterfeit vaccines

Counterfeit drugs are a menace and a definite threat to global peace and stability. Inert drugs are being peddled on the drug market to an unassuming market with dire consequences. Entire communities are reeling from the vestiges of this p…

Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 06:37hrs | 24 | by Sapien Sapien

Chinese vaccines inject fear into West as Zimbabwe rejoices

The coming in of Covid-19 has highly exposed global vulnerability. The pandemic has left the whole world puzzled, without any amenable solution to the devastating effects. But the vaccination programme all over the word is throwing some in…

Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 06:16hrs | 13 | by Dylan Chiwawa

COVID-19 vaccines scammers on the prowl

The majority of sellers came from France, Germany, the UK, and the USA, and the prices per dose ranged from $250 to $1,200, with an average cost of about $500 Never buy products including vaccine doses on the Darknet It's important for use…

Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 06:12hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

No COVID-19 jab, no jobs, says Mnangagwa

RESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced a coterie of punitive measures designed to coerce citizens to undergo COVID-19 vaccination following a low uptake of the jab since the launch of the programme on Thursday last week.Addressing villa…

Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 08:39hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa warns that unvaccinated Citizens will be barred from public spaces?

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has warned Zimbabweans to get vaccinated against the deadly Covid-19 pandemic or they will soon be barred from all public spaces.Zimbabwe rolled out the national immunisation programme last week after receiving…

Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:27hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter

Mutambara speaks about Chinese vacine trials

Former Zimbabwean Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara says if the Chinese were in a proactive and empowering partnership with Harare, clinical trials should have been done on the Sinopharm vaccine against the virulent SA Covid-19 varian…

Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 20:07hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Mr Ramaphosa prefers American vaccines while Dr Mkhize prefers Sputnik V

President Cyril Ramaphosa and Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize allegedly tussled behind the scenes over where to procure which jabs, resulting in the country's vaccine rollout programme being negatively affected and the procurement process …

Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 07:15hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

Covid-19 vaccination must be compulsory

THE ministry of Health and Child Care says Zimbabwe will start receiving Covid-19 vaccines from the Ides of February.China and Russia - you guessed right - and maybe India also, will give us the stuff.There is both good and bad news in the…

Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 12:33hrs | | by Tawanda Majoni

Priority list for vaccination released

Front-line health workers, ports of entry officials and funeral parlour workers will be among the first to be vaccinated for Covid-19 when the doses arrive in the country on Monday as expected, ahead of the country's largest ever vaccinati…

Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 07:29hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter

All weather friend China comes to Zimbabwe rescue

CHINA has started rolling out Covid-19 vaccine aid to its strategic partners, including Zimbabwe, as the world's second-largest economy steps up efforts to contain the deadly pandemic.Pakistan became the first country this week to receive …

Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 06:56hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

23 die in Norway after receiving Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, says officials

The New York Post reported that Twenty-three people died in Norway within days of receiving their first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, with 13 of those deaths - all nursing home patients - apparently related to the side effects of th…

Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 20:37hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter

Covid-19 where does Africa stand?

Theorists and gossipers are in sixth gear with discussions swirling around great conspiracy to wipe out a big chunk of the world population leaving only a small controllable and compliant size. Some fundis and terrace observers attribute t…

Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 11:34hrs | 12 | by Murisa

40 million South Africans to receive COVID-19 vaccine in 2021

Health minister Zweli Mkhize said on Sunday that the government was committed to rolling out vaccines with urgency to establish herd immunity against Covid-19.Speaking during a virtual public briefing, outlining the Department of Health's …

Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 17:59hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter

Smallpox vaccine reduces death risk for cancer patients

A genetically engineered smallpox vaccine reduced the risk of death for patients with advanced liver cancer by nearly 60 percent in a mid-stage study, prompting the launch of a later-stage trial.Scientists at institutions including the Uni…

Published: 06 Nov 2011 at 13:30hrs | 18 | by Moyo Roy

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