©️ THE High Court will today hear an urgent chamber application filed by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights on behalf of Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (Zadhr) demanding that government adequately equips health centres and workers to fight the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19). They have cited Health and Child Care minister Obadiah Moyo, Finance…
©️ IN A refreshingly candid admission, Vice President Kembo Mohadi says the government should do more to combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the country. Speaking in an exclusive interview with the Daily News On Sunday — after a meeting with doctors in Harare on Friday — the usually introverted Mohadi said bluntly…
©️ THE minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, Paul Mavima, said yesterday that the government, business and labour were working on measures to protect jobs in the country, in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. This comes amid reports that many stressed companies have retrenched their staff and also sent others on forced…
©️ MATER Dei Hospital has allayed coronavirus safety fears following the death of a 79-year-old man who succumbed to the virus at the institution last weekend. The man died at the Roman Catholic-run hospital on Saturday last week, two days after admission. The government released the results of the patient on Tuesday, sparking panic among…
THE Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) Zimbabwe has accused the police of violating freedom of the media and journalists’ freedom of expression during the ongoing 21-day lockdown, the Daily News on Sunday reports. In a High Court urgent chamber application filed last week, Misa is seeking an order interdicting police officers and other law…
POLICE backed by armed soldiers yesterday stopped thousands of Zimbabweans without permits from entering the central business districts (CBDs) of Harare, Bulawayo and other towns across the country, the Daily News reports. This comes as the country’s coronavirus death toll has risen in the past few days, forcing authorities to tighten the 21-day lockdown that…
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…
Mugove Tafirenyika and Sindiso Mhlophe STAFF WRITERS ©️ THE government has launched an urgent local and global appeal for financial and material aid to combat the spread of coronavirus in the country, amid the rising death toll from the pandemic, the Daily News reports. This comes as the Harare City Council revealed yesterday that its…
