Huawei Technologies Zimbabwe Private Limited yesterday donated 30 000 face masks through the Angel of Hope Foundation, in effort to help protect Zimbabwe’s front line health staff in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. Huawei’s managing director Shao Jie presented the donation to First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa at state house yesterday. “We are grateful for the donation you…
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…
Continued from yesterday Zania Stamataki – The Goldilocks principle applies here: if the mutations are too subtle, the viral coat will be easily identified by existing antibodies, whereas if they are too drastic they might simply inactivate the virus. The mutations that allow viruses to fly under the radar fall somewhere in between. Influenza viruses,…
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…
