©️ PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday told Zimbabweans not to despair in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, the Daily News reports. This comes as the country is witnessing swelling numbers of people who have contracted the killer virus — which has seen the scrapping of today’s 40th Independence celebrations, among other key events. In his…
THE government has invoked the Civil Protection Act with immediate effect, paving way for it to take charge of all council-run hospitals as they scale up efforts to contain Covid-19 which has claimed three lives and infected 24 people in the country. The Civil Protection Act empowers all provincial development coordinators, formerly provincial administrators, to…
POLICE commissioner-general Godwin Matanga yesterday argued that journalists who do not offer broadcasting and “Internet” services did not fit the category of essential services and should stay at home during the lockdown period, the High Court heard. The Media and Information Commission and Matanga are respondents in a matter which Media Institute of Southern Africa…
INFORMAL traders operating at Lusaka Fresh Produce Market at Machipisa, in Highfield, Harare yesterday received coronavirus (Covid-19) health packs donated by the Vendors Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation (Viset) as part of a campaign to curb the spread of coronavirus. The campaign is set to spread to all other markets as the country intensifies…
CHEGUTU Municipality has set aside a total of $500 000 to procure essential material towards the town’s efforts to combat the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19), which has claimed three lives in the country with 18 confirmed cases. The amount would be directed towards disinfecting parts of the town, among them, vending stalls. “The money will…
Mugove Tafirenyika and Fungi Kwaramba STAFF WRITERS ©️ HEALTH experts say President Emmerson Mnangagwa should extend the current national coronavirus lockdown as Zimbabwe has not yet met any of the six conditions set by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to end the stay-at-home order. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the health experts said it…
THERE are growing concerns for Bulawayo, with the City of Kings threatening to become the epicentre of coronavirus in Zimbabwe, following a surge here in the number of people infected by the lethal disease. The secretary general of the Senior Hospital Doctors Association (SHDA), Arron Musara, was among those who told the Daily News yesterday…
©️ 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…
THE High Court yesterday declined to hear Supreme Court judge Francis Bere’s disciplinary hearing challenge as an urgent matter because it was not in the category of those which can be heard during the lockdown. Bere was suspended pending the determination by a tribunal set up to investigate allegations of conflict of interest levelled against…
