ZIMBABWEAN expatriates in South Africa have urged fellow citizens in the neighbouring country to comply with the extension of the lockdown by President Cyril Ramaphosa. On Thursday night, Ramaphosa extended the national lockdown by two weeks in a move to curb the spread of the deadly coronavirus, which has left 18 dead and nearly 2…
LAW enforcement agents should allow journalists to travel to and from their workplaces as information transmission is part of the essential services that cannot be wished away during the ongoing 21-day lockdown meant to contain the spread of the coronavirus that has become a global pandemic, police have said. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi told…
MILTON Park Covid-19 private clinic in the capital is now complete with a capacity of 30 beds and is awaiting registration to open its doors to the public. The first private centre to be completed in the country will be specialising in training health workers for purposes of screening Covid-19 patients. “I have all the…
ENVIRONMENT and Tourism minister Mangaliso Ndlovu has urged Zimbabweans to stay at home and practise social distancing to protect themselves from the lethal coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. This comes as Zimbabwe is currently under a 21-day lockdown in a bid to contain the spread of Covid-19 which has so far claimed three lives in the country….
THE United Kingdom (UK) has ordered its citizens to leave Zimbabwe in the wake of the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak which has since claimed three lives, placing the mortality rate at 27 percent in the country. Posting on its Twitter account, the UK embassy said citizens in the country must go home immediately as there are…
GOVERNMENT employees who are on duty during the lockdown have received a shot in the arm from a publishing company that has donated hand sanitisers and gloves for personal protection, the Daily News can report. In a letter to the ministries of Education and Agriculture, Priority Projects chief operations officer Samuel Chuma said as part…
SOME African countries could see a peak in coronavirus cases in the coming weeks, and testing should be urgently increased in the region, World Health Organisation (WHO) officials said yesterday. “During the last four days we can see that the numbers have already doubled,” Michel Yao, pictured, the WHO Africa programme manager for emergency response,…
THE Southern Africa Solidaridad Network (the Network), an international organisation on community development, has called for targeted coronavirus (Covid-19) communications and interventions, saying that current campaigns on hygiene and social distancing have not been effective, particularly in artisanal mining communities. This comes as the country has recorded three deaths out of the 11 confirmed cases…
THIRTEEN police officers have landed in trouble for allegedly extorting US$10 from a kombi driver while on patrol on the first day of the national shutdown. Mathias Siziba, Everisto Choto, Sithabile Mthombeni, Reason Mabhena, Annastacia Nkomo, Witness Ndlovu, Admire Chimunda, Isiah Siziba, Felix Ndawana, Blessing Maranke, Nation Gilson, Shepherd Ndlovu and Reuben Mungundu allegedly demanded…
ZIMBABWE Catholic Bishops’ Conference (ZCBC) has urged the government to repent from bad governance and channel its energy on harmonious nation-building ahead of the country’s 40th independence commemorations. In a statement, ZCBC said the nation failed to develop a political culture of tolerance as there are many issues that need to be addressed like corruption,…
