Nokuthaba Nkomo and Fungi Kwaramba STAFF WRITERS ©️ AUTHORITIES are appealing for calm amid warnings by doctors that the shortage of coronavirus test kits and adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) in the country could see more local infections, the Daily News reports. This comes as Zimbabwe was yesterday due to receive the second consignment of…
Myles Matarise STAFF WRITER THE Econet group yesterday handed over personal protective equipment (PPE) worth $730 738 to two of the country’s major Covid-19 referral hospitals, with three more hospitals scheduled to receive their consignments early next week. The funds were raised by the public in response to an appeal made by the group for…
Tendai Kamhungira DEPUTY CHIEF WRITER kamhungirat@dailynews.co.zwSUSPENDED Supreme Court judge Francis Bere has been dealt another blow after the High Court dismissed his application seeking the urgent hearing of his previous request to interdict President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s tribunal from commencing an inquiry into his alleged misconduct in the performance of duty. Bere, who is on suspension,…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw THE Human Rights Institute of South Africa (Hurisa) has petitioned the African Commission for Human and People’s Rights over the alleged abduction and torture of three MDC youth leaders — Joanna Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova — who staged a flash demonstration in Warren Park, Harare, last week….
Nokuthaba Nkomo STAFF WRITER nkomon@dailynews.co.zw ©️ HEALTH minister Obadiah Moyo has revealed that malaria cases have gone down by 18 percent countrywide this week following government’s interventions in hardest hit areas. The government has been distributing mosquito nets and conducting indoor residual spraying to curb the spread of the disease in the country. Mashonaland Central,…
CIMAS Medical Aid Society (Cimas) has announced it will provide any of its members who tests positive for Covid-19 with medical aid cover for subsequent treatment and clearance tests at the end of their treatment. The cover, which is subject to the benefit levels provided for in the member’s medical aid package, includes admission to…
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) is set to rehabilitate 969 boreholes under the emergency response programme. Drilling of the boreholes is part of Zinwa’s emergency response programme to help the country contain and roll back the spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, which has claimed thousands of lives globally. The programme comes after Treasury…
THE Community Working Group on Health (CWGH) has revealed that Zimbabweans living with HIV in neighbouring countries have been left stranded as they are no longer able to access their antiretroviral (ARV) drug supplies due to the Covid-19 lockdown. CWGH director Itai Rusike said, previously, those in need of medication would have their relatives send…
THE government’s exclusive focus on containing the Covid-19 pandemic could expose the country’s health sector to other more deadly diseases that are being neglected, experts have warned. This comes as President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration is working around the clock and channeling most of its resources to fight the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed over 330…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw ©️ WITH Zimbabwe’s political and economic crises deepening, the United States of America (USA) and the European Union (EU) have once again implored authorities to engage the MDC to end the country’s myriad challenges, the Daily News reports. This comes as the international spotlight is once again on the…
