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Sindiso Mhlophe STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw ©️  Government should urgently channel resources from mining royalties to provide artisanal and small-scale miners with personal protective clothing to help in the fight against the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19), the Zimbabwe Environmental Lawyers Association (Zela) has said. This comes as Zimbabwe has recorded four deaths out of its 34 confirmed…

Blessings Mashaya STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw ©️  THE Zimbabwe Nurses Association (Zina) has advised its members not to treat patients suspected of having the lethal coronavirus, until authorities provide them with adequate personal protective equipment (PPEs), the Daily News can report. Zina president Enock Dongo said yesterday that most hospitals and clinics did not have enough…

Mugove Tafirenyika and Vasco Chaya STAFF WRITERS ©️  POLICE have confirmed that starting from today they will be “enforcing the law”, including arresting those found in public places without wearing face masks — in a move which could prove highly contentious as Zimbabwe steps up its fight against the coronavirus pandemic. This comes as the…

©️ THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) yesterday challenged the government to also defer the payment of property rates, water and electricity charges in the country to further cushion long-suffering citizens during the current coronavirus lockdown, the Daily News reports. This comes after the promulgation of a new law last week — Statutory Instrument (SI)…

©️ VENDORS Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation (VICET) director Samuel Wadzai yesterday slammed the government for failing to come up with a relief strategy for the informal sector when it relaxed lockdown measures. “It is really saddening that we were left out despite the fact that we contribute more to the economy now than…

©️ THORNGROVE Infectious Diseases Hospital, the city’s main isolation centre, still has no Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and a ventilator, critical in the fight against coronavirus (Covid-19), Mayor Solomon Mguni has said. In a weekly update outlining the activities the City of Bulawayo is undertaking to tackle Covid-19, Mguni said Bulawayo continued to face a…

©️  THE government is at war with key education stakeholders over how best schools can re-open without exposing learners and educators to the lethal coronavirus, the Daily News On Sunday reports. This comes as the government is also struggling to pay its bills, including for public education — resulting in authorities recently sending an urgent…

©️ THE National Assembly will not have a full sitting of legislators when it resumes on Tuesday, as part of efforts by authorities to enforce coronavirus protocols and physical distancing. At the same time, a legislator has told the Daily News On Sunday that Parliament is considering using either the Harare International Conference Centre or…

©️  HEALTH experts yesterday warned that the government’s continued revision of confirmed coronavirus (Covid-19) cases in the country risks creating doubt and confusion on the testing system and the actual number of people with the virus. This comes as the Health and Child Care ministry, in an update on Friday, indicated that Zimbabwe has 34…

©️  HEALTH experts have warned government against complacence in the enforcement of the new stay-at-home order, especially regarding the informal sector amid fears any slip-up could boomerang with disastrous consequences, the Daily News on Sunday reports. This comes as President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced on Friday an extension of the country’s Coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown, albeit with…