THE Health and Childcare ministry has raised concerns over private clinics claiming to be Covid-19 health facilities without getting approval from the government, saying they are a danger to society. Health and Childcare permanent secretary Agnes Mahomva told a press conference in Harare yesterday that private practitioners were welcome to support the management of Covid-19…
THE number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the country has gone up to 31 after three new cases were recorded on Saturday. The Health and Child Care ministry’s permanent secretary Agnes Mahomva yesterday said two of the new cases were due to local transmission and were from Mashonaland West, while the other one was recorded…
CHIVI South Member of Parliament Killer Zivhu yesterday donated sanitary ware and maize-meal to women in Epworth in his bid to ease the plight of the underprivileged who have been hit hard by hunger during the ongoing national lockdown. Zivhu said his initiative seeks to ensure that the less privileged, most of whom live from…
THE government has identified new quarantine centres targeting people coming from outside the country in the wake of the novel Covid-19 pandemic, which has so far killed four people in Zimbabwe. According to Information ministry permanent secretary Nick Mangwana, centres had been identified in Chiredzi District and Mashonaland West to cater for a number of…
HUMAN rights groups have slammed the government for failing to speed up provision of safety nets to vulnerable citizens during the lockdown, saying this has hampered progress in containing the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19). This comes after the government promised impoverished Zimbabweans that have been surviving from hand-to-mouth that they would be given $200 monthly…
Price hikes that have been witnessed in the country during the ongoing Covid-19-induced lockdown are threatening the viability of mobile network operators (MNOs) barely a month after the telecommunications sector got a tariff adjustment.In early March, the sector was awarded a 56.64% tariff adjustment by regulator the Postal and Telecommunications Regulator of Zimbabwe (Potraz) after…
Onward Gangata STAFF WRITER VENDORS in Gweru and Kwekwe have been given ultimatums by their respective local authorities to remove their wares from market places or risk losing their belongings as the municipalities are readying to implement a Cabinet directive to demolish illegal vending structures. This comes after Cabinet resolved early this month that local…
IT’S looking increasingly unlikely that the government will meet its ambitious target of testing 33 000 people countrywide for the deadly coronavirus by the end of this month. This has prompted health experts to warn in interviews with the Daily News at the weekend that such a failure could have disastrous consequences for the country,…
DESPITE the uncertainty surrounding the dates for the re-opening of schools due to the coronavirus pandemic, some private institutions have already hiked their fees for the second term, the Daily News reports. This comes as the government is preparing to introduce far-reaching regulations for all schools, including cutting the number of students per class, to…
Maxwell Sibanda Assistant Editor SINCE the national lockdown which commenced on 30 March, the Parliament of Zimbabwe has not performed its oversight role; hence the Executive has been making its own decision regarding the Covid-19 pandemic without the advice of the legislature. Analysts believe Members of Parliament should device ways to meet, even not physically,…
