©️ THE government had a tough time in the courts yesterday, after the High Court also ordered police and soldiers to respect human rights and people’s freedoms as they enforce the current national lockdown measures, the Daily News reports. This comes after the High Court also ordered the government yesterday to expand its coronavirus screening…
©️ DEBATE over the use of face masks as a way of preventing the spread and contracting coronavirus (Covid-19) rages on among health experts as they are failing to reach a consensus on the masks’ benefit to the public, the Daily News can report. Some health experts are pushing for wide use of face masks…
©️ AS authorities tighten screws on the nationwide lockdown amid a steady increase in the number of confirmed coronavirus positive cases, more than 600 people, including a top diplomat, have been detained in various quarantine centres across the country, the Daily News can report. Zimbabwe, which has 17 confirmed coronavirus cases, including three deaths, has…
STAFF WRITERS ©️ THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) wants the government to deploy more security forces in high density suburbs to enforce the current national lockdown — saying some people there are now treating the stay-at-home order like a holiday, the Daily News reports. This comes as the government quarantined 30 Zimbabweans who flew…
©️ Government says it is compiling the statistics of Zimbabweans who have perished due to the coronavirus pandemic in the United Kingdom, the Daily News reports. Zimbabwe’s deputy ambassador to the UK, Elisha Karodza, told the Daily News yesterday that a number of locals had succumbed to the pandemic in the UK — which has…
©️ MEMBERS of Parliament have berated government for its alleged failure to provide food support to vulnerable people who have no source of income during the 21-day Covid-19 lockdown, the Daily News reports. In an interview, MDC MP for Zengeza East constituency in Chitungwiza, Goodrich Chimbaira said the majority of his constituents are on the…
©️ SOUTH Africa (SA)says it will deploy soldiers and also step up surveillance measures — including setting up alarms along the Beitbridge border to ensure that Zimbabweans do not cross into its territory during the fight against the deadly coronavirus, the Daily News can report. This comes as the SA has, just like most African…
©️ DOCTORS have warned that positive cases of the deadly coronavirus in the country are set to rise sharply in the final days of the current lockdown, as the disease will have blossomed locally by then, the Daily News reports. This comes as the government has admitted it has not done enough so far to…
©️ THE Chinese government says that it does not condone acts of discrimination and xenophobia against foreign nationals living in the East Asian country. This comes as there have been reports of unfair treatment of Africans in parts of China, following recent new measures adopted by Beijing to avoid a new spurt of coronavirus cases…
©️ POLICE yesterday warned illegal foreign currency dealers who are breaking the lockdown rules. This comes as illegal foreign currency dealers have gone into hiding and they are operating in underground habitats. In a statement, the police said there was an increase of illegal money changers despite the lockdown. “The Zimbabwe Republic Police has noted…
