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6,000 teenagers were impregnated in Matebeleland South last year
Approximately 6,000 teenagers from Matebeleland South fell pregnant last year, with Beitbridge and Insiza districts recording the highest numbers, according to recent statistics. The province also doc...Published: 18 Mar 2025 at 12:52hrs | 448 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa criticizes South Africa's white right-wing groups
President Cyril Ramaphosa has lashed out at white right-wing organizations in South Africa, particularly Afriforum and the Solidarity Movement, for their recent decision to travel to the United States...Published: 01 Mar 2025 at 09:30hrs | 1201 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe achieves milestone in HIV/AIDS Fight, recognized among top performers in Africa
Zimbabwe has emerged as one of the leading nations in Africa making significant progress in the battle against HIV/AIDS, surpassing the 95-95-95 targets set by UNAIDS well ahead of schedule. The comme...Published: 10 Dec 2023 at 09:49hrs | 33 | by Staff Reporter
Tech billionaire said next one could be man-made
Tech billionaire Bill Gates has warned Australia to be ready for the next pandemic, which could be man-made and far more brutal.Mr Gates told the Lowy Institute think tank in Sydney that polit...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 19:39hrs | 35 | by Erick Matotoba
Fake MSU 'sex workers' on the prowl
IT was on a Friday when Mr Trust Dengu (not his real name) who had just relocated to Gweru from Masvingo decided to go out and treat himself to some beers and braai at a popular night spot in the cent...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 07:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe HIV+ pregnant women number among world highest
ZIMBABWE has been ranked one of the 22 countries with the highest burden of pregnant women living with HIV.This is despite the country having made major strides in testing and preventing the v...Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Vaccination blitz: Zimbabwe reaches 10m dose mark
ZIMBABWE has now administered 10 million jabs of Covid-19 vaccines with more than half the targeted population aged 12 and over now having had their first dose, a pair of major milestones in the natio...Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 08:50hrs | 2 | 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
New marriages law decriminalises HIV transmission
Wilful transmission of HIV will be decriminalised once the Marriages Amendment Bill, which sailed through Parliament last week, is signed into law by the President as Government and Parliament move to...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Boot out incompetent opposition, says Mnangagwa
INEPT councillors and National Assembly members from the opposition have led to the decay in the capital over the past 20 years and must be booted out to improve service delivery, President Mnang...Published: 13 Feb 2022 at 20:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Schools opening preps advanced
The HeraldAll systems are now in place to open schools and return to standard face-to-face classes in a safe environment.It is encouraging to note that Covid-19 infection rates a...Published: 28 Jan 2022 at 05:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Schools reopening further delayed
Schools may only be able to reopen in three weeks at the earliest, depending on progress in limiting Covid-19 infection, with Acting President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday extending the Level Two lo...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 00:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Public exams resume
THE ZIMSEC Ordinary and Advanced Level examinations resumed smoothly yesterday as candidates sat for their first papers after a two-week festive break.O-Level candidates sat for their Biology ...Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 05:56hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa defers 2022 schools' opening
President Mnangagwa has today deferred indefinitely the opening of schools as part of measures to contain the Covid 19 pandemic whose infection rate and deaths have risen in recent days.He said on...Published: 31 Dec 2021 at 18:58hrs | 10 | by Staff writer
Govt imposes mandatory quarantine
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday imposed mandatory quarantine for returning citizens and foreigners entering the country and tightened lockdown measures amid concern over the new COVID-19 Omicro...Published: 01 Dec 2021 at 05:39hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zec suspends voter registration
THE suspension of the December 6 voter registration blitz by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has raised concern amid suspicion that it could be the work of a hidden political hand meant to blo...Published: 23 Nov 2021 at 05:58hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga extends lockdown by 2 more weeks
The present level two lockdown, with its previously announced major relaxations in the leisure sector for the fully vaccinated, was extended for another two weeks by Acting President Dr Constantino Ch...Published: 03 Nov 2021 at 05:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Level 2 lockdown extended
The Level Two national Covid-19 lockdown has been extended by a further two-weeks with no further relaxations and citizens are being urged to follow all required safeguards as complacency continues to...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
SA rejects Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (Sahpra) has not approved the Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine due to concerns that it might lead to higher HIV infection rates among vaccinated males....Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | 2 | by Staff writer
QR-coded Covid-19 vaccination verification system needed now
NOW that it is business as usual, following the announcement that bars and nightclubs will be open and allowing only vaccinated individuals to attend these premises, worldwide Covid-19 is here to stay...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 19:03hrs | 12 | by Jacob Mutisi
COVID-19 vaccination rate tumbles
ZIMBABWE'S average weekly COVID-19 vaccination rate last week fell to its lowest since July, prompting fears that the country could be vulnerable to a fourth wave of the killer virus.A fortnig...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Vaccination rates continue to dwindle
While the third wave of Covid-19 infection continues to trickle down to just 4,8 percent of its mid-July peak, the vaccination rate is also continuing to slow with 286 134 jabs given last week between...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 05:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Return to normal hours excites business
Businesses and traders have returned to their normal working hours following the extension of operating hours under the new Level Two lockdown measures announced by President Mnangagwa on Tuesday. ...Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 06:05hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Sport, arts get greenlight to resume
Sporting activities can now resume with strict adherence to Covid-19 regulations, with all staff and coaches at sports clubs required to be vaccinated, while a range of cultural and leisure activity c...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 06:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe lockdown extended by 2 weeks
The modified Level 4 lockdown has been extended by a further two weeks and Government is encouraging everyone to get vaccinated and to fully embrace the standard measures of masking, social distancing...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Daily vaccinations hit record high 100 000
The national vaccination programme on Tuesday managed to give more than 100 000 jabs in a single day, showing the acceleration of the programme, but Zimbabweans need to grab the opportunities since th...Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Schools to remain closed as lockdown is extended
The Level Four lockdown in place for six weeks to combat the third wave of Covid-19 infection has been extended by a further fortnight since infection rates, while falling significantly over the last ...Published: 10 Aug 2021 at 06:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 third wave ebbs fast in Zimbabwe
The ebbing of the third wave of Covid-19 speeded up in Zimbabwe last week, with death rates now falling, while vaccination is accelerating rapidly with the milestone of the one millionth second dose g...Published: 09 Aug 2021 at 07:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Schools remain closed despite Mnangagwa's order
Schools remain closed until August 10 under the latest statutory instrument extending the original closure for another two weeks that was gazetted at the end of last week. SI210 of 2021 simply confirm...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 07:18hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Covid-19 deaths breach 3 000 mark
Zimbabwe's Covid-19 deaths have surpassed the 3 000 mark as the country continues to battle with the spike in infection rates and new variants. Deaths now stand at 3 280.According to statistic...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Panic grips Robert Gabriel Mugabe International airport
Panic has gripped staff at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International after airport manager Margaret Samkange succumbed to Covid-19 this afternoon. There are fears of disruptions as staff are lea...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 14:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records 107 deaths from Covid-19 in a day
Zimbabwe yesterday recorded 107 deaths from Covid-19, the highest daily total since the first case in March last year with 54 of these deaths, half the total, in Harare which has become the new epicen...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls, Kazungula border posts reopen for vaccinated tourists
Victoria Falls and Kazungula border posts have opened for fully vaccinated tourists in a move aimed at reviving the tourism sector, which has been hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic since last year....Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe vaccination drive hits 2 million milestone
The 2 millionth Covid-19 vaccine dose was jabbed into an arm on Thursday afternoon as Zimbabwe's national vaccination programme accelerated even further and once the extra doses yesterday were counted...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Maisha Health Fund launches convenient, phone-based medical aid registration via USSD
Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe's health insurance unit, Maisha Health Fund, has launched an innovative and convenient way to register for medical aid cover through the mobile phone. The service, wh...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 17:33hrs | 5 | by Agencies
Zimbabwe Covid-19 deaths rise
Over 2000 people have succumbed to Covid-19 in Zimbabwe at a time the country is battling the third wave. The Covid -19 deaths now stand at 2 274. According to statistics released by the Minis...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 06:38hrs | 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 ...Published: 10 Jul 2021 at 10:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Stampedes at vaccination sites
BULAWAYO residents, mostly informal traders, thronged various mobile centres dotted across the city to get vaccinated against Covid-19 during the national...Published: 07 Jul 2021 at 06:30hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
28 die of Covid-19
Twenty eight people died of Covid-19 yesterday, with 1 331 new cases recorded in one day as the infection and death rates rise to levels not seen since the second wave early this year. Accordi...Published: 01 Jul 2021 at 09:45hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Schools opening deferred as COVID-19 cases surge
CABINET yesterday deferred the opening of schools for the second term by two weeks after the country recorded a sharp increase in COVID-19 infections in recent weeks.The infection rate surged ...Published: 23 Jun 2021 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff Reporter
500,000 Sinopharm doses expected
The latest order of 500 000 doses of Sinopharm vaccines is now expected to arrive on Saturday, taking total deliveries of bought and donated vaccines to 2,26 million doses with more commercial orders ...Published: 22 Jun 2021 at 16:57hrs | 2 | 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 pharmac...Published: 20 Jun 2021 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
3rd wave could overwhelm Africa, claims WHO
THE third wave of COVID-19 infections could potentially be devastating for Africa at a time when the continent is experiencing a severe shortage of vaccines, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has wa...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:26hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 third wave panic hits Zimbabwe
HEALTH experts yesterday warned of a dire situation ahead as the third wave of COVID-19, which has reportedly hit the country in the face of threats posed by the South African and new Indian variants ...Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 08:12hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Returnees to meet own quarantine expenses
All returnees will now be required to undergo a mandatory quarantine at their own expense while those who test positive to Covid-19 will be expected to isolate at a centre of their choice. Gov...Published: 19 May 2021 at 06:27hrs | 9 | 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 ...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 06:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance, activists warned over violent demos
Political activists and civic organisations sponsored by the MDC Alliance to engage in illegal demonstrations dubbed "The Winter Jest" over the Independence Day weekend have been told that security se...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 07:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
No gatherings on Independence day, says Mnangagwa
Zimbabweans should not be tempted to form gatherings in celebrating the impending 41st Independence anniversary on April 18 but should, instead, uphold the measures put in place by Government and Worl...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 06:14hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
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