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©️   THE government is not doing enough to establish comprehensive mechanisms to protect women and children from abuse during the current lockdown, non-governmental organisation Action Aid Zimbabwe (AAZ) said. This comes as gender and children’s organisations, including Musasa Project and Childline have recorded an increase in the number of cases involving sexual and gender-based violence…

©️ THE European Union (EU) in Zimbabwe has availed €12 million to support the country’s health sector in the fight against the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19). This comes as Zimbabwe has so far recorded 23 cases and three deaths from the coronavirus, with the number of local transmissions increasing. In a statement, EU Zimbabwe indicated that…

Mugove Tafirenyika and Shamiso Dzingire STAFF WRITERS ©️ THE government will enlist the services of security forces and private hospitals as it moves to test tens of thousands of people nationally for the lethal coronavirus in the coming weeks, the Daily News reports. This comes after the High Court ruled in favour of doctors on…

  Sindiso Mhlophe STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw ©️ THE government is set to gazette a new law which removes duty on all imports of critical coronavirus (Covid-19) materials and subsidised basic commodities, as it moves to mitigate the spread of the pandemic. This comes as the government has indicated that it is set to roll out…

©️ PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been sued for failing to provide emergency relief to impoverished Zimbabweans after implementing the national lockdown to contain spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19). In an application filed by Tendai Biti Law on behalf of Harare North legislator Allan Norman Markham and activist Mfundo Mlilo, Health minister Obadiah Moyo, Finance minister…

©️ AT LEAST 14 Zimbabweans are among the 12 000 coronavirus deaths recorded in the United Kingdom (UK), an official has said. Speaking to the Daily News, deputy ambassador to UK, Elisha Karodza said after tracking the information from different sources, the embassy has managed to account for 14 Zimbabwean deaths due to coronavirus as…

  Mugove Tafirenyika, Sindiso Mhlophe and Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITERS ©️  THE High Court has ordered the government to expand its coronavirus screening efforts — including conducting door-to-door tests for the disease — to combat the spread of the global pandemic in the country. This comes as Information Ministry permanent secretary, Nick Mangwana, told the…

©️ THE government had a tough time in the courts yesterday, after the High Court also ordered police and soldiers to respect human rights and people’s freedoms as they enforce the current national lockdown measures, the Daily News reports. This comes after the High Court also ordered the government yesterday to expand its coronavirus screening…

©️  DEBATE over the use of face masks as a way of preventing the spread and contracting coronavirus (Covid-19) rages on among health experts as they are failing to reach a consensus on the masks’ benefit to the public, the Daily News can report. Some health experts are pushing for wide use of face masks…

©️ AS authorities tighten screws on the nationwide lockdown amid a steady increase in the number of confirmed coronavirus positive cases, more than 600 people, including a top diplomat, have been detained in various quarantine centres across the country, the Daily News can report. Zimbabwe, which has 17 confirmed coronavirus cases, including three deaths, has…