Health Issues

THE United States has described Zimbabwe as a deteriorating country which is worse shape compared to its heyday in the 1990s, amid concerns of an economic crisis and human rights…
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Professor Rose Mugweni who is the Dean of the School of Education and Culture at the Great Zimbabwe University has died of Covid-19, her husband Osmond Mugweni made the announcement on…
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AS the world faces a Covid-19 vaccine apartheid amid privatisation and monopolisation of its science and technology as well as the doses, and hoarding by rich countries, China has…
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HARARE City Council has been hard hit by a shortage of grave diggers with the few remaining at the local authority’s eight cemeteries overwhelmed as they are burying at least 40 people…
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President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s spokesperson, George Charamba has dismissed reports that suggest that Vice President Constantino Chiwenga was ill. The reports say Chiwenga flew to…
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Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s latest visit to China sparked a health emergency at a luxury hotel after two members of his entourage tested positive for COVID-19. Hundreds of…
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Zimbabwe’s Covid-19 response should draw lessons from the interventions made by Government in the fight against HIV to avoid early errors and reduce the negative impact on security and…
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President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s envoy and Ambassador-At-Large to the Americas and Europe Uebert Angel has backtracked on his remarks on COVID-19 vaccines. Angel, a self-styled…
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President Emmerson Mnangagwa has extended the level 4 lockdown measures indefinitely to contain the continued surge in Covid-19 cases and deaths, but ordered schools to prepare for…
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THE Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe has authorised the use of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine with effect from 25 July 2021. It becomes the first Western vaccine…
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Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services minister, Senator Monica Mutsvangwa on Tuesday announced that Cabinet had approved a request by the tourism industry to open the…
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Makandiwa Okays COVID-19 Vaccination For Pressured Individuals United Family International Church founder and leader, Emmanuel Makandiwa, has given the green light to COVID-19…
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A teenager who died while swimming in a river has been described as a “shining star”. Thandolwethu Ndlovu, who turned 15 just two days ago, got into difficulty in the River Trent…
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Prominent academic and nationalist Professor George Kahari, who turned 91 this week, has died. He passed away around 2 AM on Friday, 23 July 2021. Professor Kahari’s death was…
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Zimbabwe will not hold by-elections any time soon as it needs to vaccinate about 10 million people, representing 60% of the population required to reach herd immunity. As of Friday,…
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Business EditorLANDLINE phone and data service operator, TelOne, has directed its unvaccinated staff to go on leave with immediate effect and withdrew the Covid-19 allowance for all…
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Herald Reporters THE Government’s move to reduce the public workforce from 40 percent to 25 in the wake of a spike in Covid-19 infections and mortalities has been lauded as it sets…
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Dr Tinashe Gede who is working on the Covid-19 zone at St Anne’s Hospital has described the situation at St Anne’s as a “bloodbath”. He describes breathtaking scenarios he is…
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Former senior police officer, Assistant Commissioner Leslie Maninge has died. Asst Comm Maninge succumbed to Covid 19 on Sunday night, his son, Prince, confirmed today. He said…
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The Public Service Commission (PSC) has directed that only 10 per cent of civil servants in all line Ministries, Departments and Agencies shall physically report for work at their…
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By Reuters  By Carl O'Donnell and Jeff Mason The Delta variant of Covid-19 is now the dominant strain worldwide, accompanied by a surge of deaths around the United States almost…
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UNITED KINGDOM-BASED human rights groups have expressed grave concerns over Home Office plans to deport 150 people to Zimbabwe next week, warning that their lives would be in danger. …
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