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A THAI national who had run away from being tested for the deadly coronavirus returned to Wilkins Hospital yesterday where all the necessary tests were finally conducted, the Daily News reports. Authorities are now waiting for the results of the tests, which they have committed will be publicly communicated once they are received. This comes…

CABINET yesterday banned the slaughter and sale of cattle from regions affected by disease outbreaks. This comes amid reports that some unscrupulous individuals were selling diseased cattle to butcheries, who were in turn retailing it to unsuspecting consumers. Agriculture minister Perrance Shiri told journalists during a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare that the government had…

SPAR Zimbabwe and Bellevue Abattoir Butcheries have refuted claims that they are selling meat from cattle that will have died from anthrax and the January disease. This comes as videos were circulating on social media platforms of dead or diseased cattle being reportedly bought by meat retailers who then sell to consumers across the country,…

PARLIAMENT yesterday gave an ultimatum of Thursday next week for all legislators and ministers to declare their assets. Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda told legislators that they must comply with the country’s laws. “Two hundred and forty fours MPs have declared their assets, while 26 MPs have not declared their assets, which represents…

POLICE have launched a manhunt for a foreign national who escaped from Wilkins Hospital in Harare on Sunday, just as health officials were about to test him for the much-feared coronavirus, the Daily News reports. This comes as neighbouring South Africa yesterday announced that seven people had now been diagnosed with the lethal virus there,…

THE mystery over the US$840 million allegedly paid to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) for Command Agriculture deepened yesterday with the company distancing itself from the programme. Appearing before the Tendai Biti-chaired Public Accounts Parliamentary Portfolio Committee, GMB operations manager Clemence Guta told legislators that the parastatal’s role…

BUSINEES came to a halt at Mpilo Central Hospital yesterday morning when nurses staged a demonstration against management for allegedly forcing them to resume duties without addressing their plight. Last year, nurses across the country resorted to work 12-hour shifts, twice a week, citing the biting economic conditions in the country. The nurses said they…