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…
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…
©️ HEALTH experts implored authorities yesterday to use the extension of the coronavirus lockdown wisely, by ramping up the testing and provision of essential equipment to frontline workers, to protect citizens from the disease, the Daily News reports. This comes as Zimbabwe has so far failed to meet the six core World Health Organisation (WHO)…
©️ A CHITUNGWIZA man appeared at the Harare Magistrates’ Court yesterday over a fake press statement that was generated in the name of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, announcing a 13-day extension of the current national coronavirus lockdown, the Daily News reports. Lovemore Zvokusekwa appeared before magistrate Judith Taruvinga — facing charges of publishing or communicating false…
©️ IN A major boost to its efforts to curb the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19), government has received a consignment of medical supplies sourced through a collaboration of Chinese and local businesspeople. The consignment, which arrived from China yesterday and was sourced by a local firm Sakunda Holdings and some Chinese, includes ventilators, Personal Protective…
©️ AN AFFABLE character and a wordsmith of note, a larger than life figure who could transform mundane copy into an enjoyable read, Gift Phiri, one of the shining beacons of our generation, was called home to glory on April 19. A day after the country marked its 40th independence anniversary, our former news editor…
©️ AS EXPECTED, President Emmerson Mnangagwa extended the national coronavirus lockdown by 14 days yesterday, after the country failed to meet the six core World Health Organisation (WHO) conditions for lifting the stay-at-home order, the Daily News reports. This will see the lockdown, which was initially due to end yesterday, continuing to run until midnight…
©️ RESIDENTS have called for consistency and transparency in the distribution of subsidised roller meal during the lockdown period. Last week, the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) launched the zonal distribution of subsidised mealie-meal in residential areas in an effort to curb the movement of people in search of the scarce commodity during lockdown….
©️ ASSOCIATED Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ), publishers of the Daily News and Daily News On Sunday — have paid tribute to its much-loved Assistant Editor, Gift Phiri — who died in the capital yesterday. Phiri, 44, died at a local hospital yesterday morning after his health deteriorated at the weekend. His is survived by a…
©️ THE copy and paste approach being adopted from Europe by most African countries will not work the same as situations are different. During an online media briefing International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Regional Director for Africa Simon Missiri said Africa is faced with a lot of challenges that European…
