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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 | 346 | 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 | 104 | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe launches door-to-door oral cholera vaccination campaign

Zimbabwe has initiated an Oral Cholera Vaccination (OCV) campaign, focusing on individuals aged one and above. The collaborative effort involves UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO). The launch took place in Kuwadzana, a heavily …

Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 07:33hrs | 17 | 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 | 1 | 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 | 45 | 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 | 1 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

Zimbabwe in intensive polio vaccine programme

ZIMBABWE yesterday embarked on an intensive polio vaccine campaign to curb spread of the virus which has already affected neighbouring Malawi and Mozambique.Polio is a debilitating and life-threatening disease as the virus can affect the b…

Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 06:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Govt sued for detaining minors

CIVIC groups have taken government to court for detaining minors in the same prison cells as their convicted parents.The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum and the Justice for Children (JCT) yesterday filed a High Court application citing Hom…

Published: 11 May 2022 at 09:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

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 | 1 | 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 | 2 | 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 | 2 | 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 | | by Staff reporter

Mutare begins door-to-door Covid-19 vaccination

Mutare City Council on Monday started rolling out a massive door-to-door Covid 19 vaccination programme in a bid to increase herd immunity and fight the pandemic.The programme, which is targeting all eligible residents, started in the high…

Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 05:33hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Unvaccinated civil servants barred from work without salary

All unvaccinated civil servants without any underlying medical conditions have been barred from work without salary subject to disciplinary hearings, while those qualifying for exemption are required to provide a medical certificate certif…

Published: 14 Feb 2022 at 19:15hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa threatens forced vaccinations

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday threatened forced Covid-19 vaccinations, saying the country now had enough doses for everyone.Mnangagwa said this while addressing his party politburo in Harare, and announcing that the country had ju…

Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 09:04hrs | | 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 unvaccinated their two shots each and make…

Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 23:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's choice of vaccines under scrutiny

ZIMBABWE'S vaccination programme has come under scrutiny amid questions as to why Treasury purchased expensive vaccines whilst cheaper ones with better efficacy were on the market.The NewsHawks, working with partners including Transparency…

Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:19hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

High Court says unvaccinated congregants can attend church

THE High Court yesterday ruled against a Cabinet decision barring unvaccinated congregants from physically attending church services, saying the ban violated citizens' rights and freedoms.Government on August 11 ordered churches to reopen …

Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 13:07hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Moderna starts human trials of experimental mRNA HIV vaccine

United States pharmaceutical and biotechnology company Moderna last Wednesday started trials of its experimental mRNA HIV vaccine.Moderna has enrolled 56 healthy adults without HIV to test the safety of the vaccine mRNA-1644 and basic immu…

Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 10:58hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

AMH gives workers vaccine ultimatum

Local media house Alpha Media Holdings, which publishes Newsday, Standard and Zimbabwe Independent has given an ultimatum to its staffers that they should be vaccinated or risk losing their jobs.The papers, who have been against the countr…

Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 08:55hrs | | by Staff reporter

Delta Beverages bans unvaccinated workers from attending work

Delta Beverages has informed its workers that it will only allow those workers who are vaccinated with the Coronavirus vaccine to attend the workplace. According to a memo to workers, the company said all those who are not vaccinated provi…

Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 17:26hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu

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 | 3 | by Cephas Mavhondo

Govt in chaotic COVID-19 vaccine supply

MEMBERS of Parliament have slammed the government for its unsystematic and haphazard purchase and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines after reports that many people are struggling to get second doses.Zimbabwe is currently using Chinese Sinop…

Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 07:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe targets herd immunity by year-end

The government has further intensified the vaccination of citizens against the Covid-19 pandemic targeting to reach the 60 percent herd immunity at a time when cumulative infections stand at over 100 000 including above 3, 000 deaths.As of…

Published: 05 Aug 2021 at 07:12hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

'Unvaccinated teachers not prepared for schools reopening'

TeaCHeRS' unions yesterday revealed that a majority of their members were yet to be vaccinated against the COViD-19 virus and were psychologically unprepared for schools reopening which government hinted on last week.Government last week g…

Published: 05 Aug 2021 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter

More vaccines coming

THE Government will take delivery of at least 6 million more Covid-19 vaccine doses this month and next month as it moves to minimise the impact of the pandemic as the more infectious Delta variant has accounted for around 98 percent of ca…

Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 06:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Scores turn up for ZDF Covid-19 vaccination outreach programme

Over 200 Emgwanwini and Cowdray Park residents, Tuesday, received their Covid-19 jabs during a Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) community outreach Covid-19 vaccination programme.The community outreach targeting all adults above the age of 18 …

Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 20:50hrs | | by Staff reporter

Single dose Covid-19 vaccine for Zimbabwe on the cards

ZIMBABWE may soon start administering the single dose Johnson and Johnson vaccine following approval by the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe.The authority approved the use of Johnson and Johnson last week saying the vaccine had pass…

Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 11:39hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mobile Covid-19 vaccination programme for rural areas

COMMUNITIES in the rural areas have pleaded with authorities to ensure that vaccines are made available at most vaccination centres for easy access.This comes at a time when the ongoing national vaccination programme has been embraced in r…

Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:41hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

University bans unvaccinated staff from entering premises

Manicaland State University of Applied Science (MSUAS) has allegedly advised all unvaccinated employees to receive Covid-19 jabs before July 30 or they will be banned from entering its premises.In an internal staff notice signed by MSUAS D…

Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 17:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Undocumented Zimbabweans denied vaccination in South Africa

THOUSANDS of Zimbabweans living in South Africa are reportedly failing to get COVID-19 jabs due to lack of identity documents. This is despite assurances by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the start of the vaccination programme that everyone,…

Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 05:51hrs | 8 | 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 | 2 | by Etiwel Mutero

J&J vaccine concerns over Delta variant

A study from a team of New York University researchers found the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine is far less effective at preventing coronavirus infections from the Delta variant and other mutated forms of the virus than from earlie…

Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 10:13hrs | | by Staff reporter

Chamisa's MDC stuck with over half a million 'unregistered COVID19 vaccines'?

GOVERNMENT yesterday sensationally claimed that the opposition MDC Alliance was stuck with over half a million "unregistered COVID19 vaccines" which it allegedly received from the United States embassy in Ha rare to inoculate its party sup…

Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:37hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe surpasses one million first dose vaccine milestone

Over one million Zimbabweans have now received their first Covid-19 vaccine dose while 630 610 people are now fully vaccinated against the respiratory disease.Zimbabwe needs to vaccinate at least 10 million people to achieve herd immunity.…

Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 13:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Govt pins hopes on vaccination as cases continue to soar

GOVERNMENT says it will intensify the vaccination programme to effectively fight the pandemic, with President Emmerson Mnangagwa setting a target of one million shots in two weeks to achieve 60% herd immunity. Government intends to vaccina…

Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

African countries to benefit from Unicef, Covax vaccine project

COUNTRIES that are participating in the Covax facility, Zimbabwe included, will benefit from a 120 million dose project by United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) and Sinovac in a bid to scale up the COVID-19 vaccination programme as the w…

Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

'Zimbabwe is 3 months behind COVID-19'

LOCAL health experts yesterday noted that Zimbabwe was three months behind the ever-mutating COVID-19 virus, and suggested that the best brains were now required to tame the tide.This came as the southern African nation recorded 56 deaths …

Published: 10 Jul 2021 at 10:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Vaccines run out in Gweru

The majority of clinics and other vaccination centres in Gweru today ran out of vaccines as the number of people seeking to be vaccinated soars.A snap survey conducted by The Herald around clinics and other vaccination centres witnessed lo…

Published: 09 Jul 2021 at 21:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

2 million more vaccine jabs arrive today in Zimbabwe

The largest single Covid-19 vaccine order, two million doses, arrives today to ensure that the national vaccination programme can be quickly accelerated as the country enforces a lockdown tightening to combat a third wave of increased infe…

Published: 08 Jul 2021 at 11:10hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe rejects Johnson & Johnson vaccine donation due to lack of storage facilities

ZIMBABWE's government has turned down a donation of three million doses from the African Union (AU) of the highly potent single dose Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine citing lack of storage facilities.This comes at a time there is a s…

Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 11:30hrs | | by Staff reporter

Covid-19 vaccine poser for Mnangagwa govt

The government has admitted that it is struggling to meet demand for Covid-19 vaccines at a time the country is recording a surge in infections and deaths.Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri, who chairs the Covid-19 taskforce, told journalis…

Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 14:39hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe expects 2.5 million Chinese Covid-19 vaccines by month end

Zimbabwe expects to receive 2.5 million Covid-19 vaccines from China by the end of this month as it seeks to boost its vaccination drive after several centres ran out of doses, which caused panic, the information minister said on Tuesday.Z…

Published: 23 Jun 2021 at 12:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

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 | | by Staff reporter

Malema praises Zimbabwe's efficient vaccination programme

SOUTH AFRICA'S opposition EFF leader Julius Malema has praised Zimbabwe's Covid-19 vaccination programme noting that fellow South Africans were crossing the border to get some doses in the country.This comes after South Africa's vaccinatio…

Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 07:47hrs | 2 | 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 | 11 | by Staff reporter

Govt told to buy more COVID-19 vaccines before ZITF

GOVERNMENT has been urged to buy more COVID-19 vaccines before the country holds its annual Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) in July at its traditional venue in Bulawayo.Recently, the country was hit by stock-outs of COVID-19 vacci…

Published: 31 May 2021 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter

Vaccine shortage hits Zimbabwe's COVID-19 programme

ZIMBABWE'S on-going COVID-19 vaccination programme has been hit by shortage of vaccines after several people who turned up at inoculation centres for the first dose in some parts of the country were turned away, while the second dose was s…

Published: 25 May 2021 at 07:21hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe private sector vaccination takes off

While Zimbabwe has so far avoided a third wave of high levels of Covid-19 infection, public health experts stress that everyone has to stick to all the prevention measures since complacency can allow the infection rates to spin out of cont…

Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 06:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

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