LOCAL celebrities have joined in the fight against coronavirus (Covid-19) by sourcing resources to help vulnerable people. Socialite Pokello Nare is extending a helping hand to several families during this lockdown period. On Monday, she shared on social media that 25 families had benefitted from her benevolence and that her target was 100 families. Popular…
©️ CONTEMPORARY jiti musician Baba Harare is in perfect condition after experiencing severe chest pains and breathing problems that saw him undergoing screening for the dreaded Covid-19. Social media was awash with claims that the singer had been admitted at Wilkins Hospital with symptoms of the much-feared virus. His team yesterday set the record straight…
©️ EXACTLY a year after he was sacked as Dynamos coach, Lloyd “MaBlanyo” Chigowe has finally opened up on the chaotic few months he was in charge of the Harare giants, describing the club as a “political hotbed”. Chigowe, a perennial feature in the DeMbare junior structures since the 90s, finally got his big break…
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…
©️ THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has arrested a 12-member machete gang, which also used knives and knobkerries to commit an armed robbery in Maphisa, Matabeleland South Province. In recent months, illegal machete gangs have left a trail of destruction and death across the country, forcing the police to step in to bring sanity in…
©️ THE severe food insecurity situation in the country is expected to worsen this year, the World Food Programme (WFP) has warned. This comes as Zimbabwe is ranked among the world’s hungriest countries. “The alarming acute food insecurity situation is expected to worsen in 2020. “Persisting economic difficulties have eroded the resilience of households. Given…
THE National TB Reference Laboratory housed at Mpilo Central Hospital could soon be overwhelmed if there is an increase in the volumes of Covid-19 specimen testing, an official has said. Mpilo, working with the National University of Science and Technology (Nust)’s Applied Genetics Testing Centre (AGTC), began testing for Covid-19 last week as part of…
Zania Stamataki – ED NEWMAN walked to the podium with the calm confidence of a soldier and welcomed us with humility. His audience was 20 virology researchers preparing to lead groups in universities around the UK in 2016. Newman, then a Porton Down-based virologist for Public Health England, had seen more action than all of…
ZIMBABWE should come up with new policies to ensure that the country is self-sufficient in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, which has seen several countries shutting down their borders to control the virus, analysts have said. The lockdowns being implemented across the world to combat the spread of the virus that has affected over…
