Amid the global pandemic of COVID-19 and with Zimbabwe presently on lockdown, Standard Chartered Bank Zimbabwe donated 14 000 masks to Zimbabwe Red Cross Society as they commit to help fight pandemic. The Bank is responding to the need for Protective Equipment for health workers dealing with COVID-19 cases across the country. The bank’s chief…
MPILO Central Hospital has moved to address perennial water shortages owing to power outages that have been bedevilling the institution by resorting to the use of a generator. The water woes presented a health hazard not only to patients, but also to staff at the hospital, especially at a time when the country is battling…
HOMELESS people who were relocated from Harare’s streets to rehabilitation centres around the capital in a bid to combat the coronavirus (Covid-19) are trickling back in search of drugs, the government has said. The government had accommodated them in Ruwa and Mt Hampden. “Most of them are drug addicts, hence they try all means to…
MUTARE City Council has closed Sakubva produce market as traders failed to adhere to World Health Organisation recommended social distancing protocols. This follows an earlier decision to decentralise farm produce wholesaling to Dangamvura, Hobhouse and Chikanga beginning on Monday. The decision was made to decongest Sakubva. The market had been opening between 6am and 9am,…
POLITICAL activist Josphat ‘‘Mzaca’’ Ngulube has been granted bail pending appeal following a public violence conviction. Ngulube and three others were convicted in November last year of torching three cars belonging to Zanu PF Bulawayo provincial women’s league chairperson Eva Bitu during violent protests which rocked the country in January. Bulawayo provincial magistrate Tinashe Tashaya…
TWO suspected armed robbers were arrested after they were caught driving a victim’s car at a roadblock in Mrewa. Raymond Chatama, 19, and Brandon Chapeyama, 21, yesterday appeared before Harare magistrate Judith Taruvinga and were remanded in custody and advised to apply for bail at the High Court. They are facing two counts of armed…
Government has gazetted a statutory instrument (SI) to regulate the export and import of pharmaceutical medicines and personal protective equipment (PPEs) used in the fight against the coronavirus (Covid-19). This comes as the global pandemic is beginning to manifest itself more widely within the country, more so now that children are among those contracting the…
CABINET yesterday revealed that 10 000 genexpert cartridges were expected in the country last night as the government moves to ramp up coronavirus (Covid-19) testing. Genexpert machines are normally used to test for tuberculosis, but have been proven to be appropriate for testing for Covid-19 if special cartridges are availed. Speaking during a post-Cabinet media…
CITY Link Coaches has donated $100 000 for the Iam4Byo Fighting Covid-19 initiative. Iam4Byo is a multi-stakeholder group that brings together medical professionals, the business community, non-governmental organisations, churches, academic institutions, the Zimbabwean diaspora and the Bulawayo community at large to mobilise resources to fight Covid-19 in Zimbabwe’s second largest city and surrounding areas. The…
©️ ZIMBABWE is facing a new health challenge following an outbreak of malaria in the country — whose symptoms are similar to those of the lethal coronavirus. Experts who spoke to the Daily News yesterday said the unexpected malaria outbreak was causing great confusion among health workers and people suffering from both diseases. This comes…
