©️ HEALTH experts yesterday told President Emmerson Mnangagwa that Zimbabwe needed to test people aggressively if the country was to succeed in containing the deadly coronavirus, the Daily News reports. This comes as the country’s death toll from the pandemic is rising, amid acute shortages of testing and isolation centres. It also comes as the…
©️ WHILE the Easter Holiday is usually associated with travelling and huge church processions and gatherings across the country, this year’s celebrations, starting today with the Good Friday, are set to be muted with people stuck indoors due to the threat of the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. The Covid-19 pandemic, which first broke out in…
©️ BUSINESSMAN Jimayi Muduvuri, pictured, has offered his two buildings in Kadoma and Chegutu for use as isolation centres as the nation grapples with the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19). This comes after the government said it is going to decentralise isolation and testing centres to all provinces. Muduvuri, who is also the patron of Zimbabwe Amalgamated…
Fungi Kwaramba and Shamiso Dzingire STAFF WRITERS ©️ AS ANXIETY levels over the deadly coronavirus continue to rise in the country, health experts are cranking up the heat on the government to come clean on its lack of preparedness to deal with the pandemic. In addition, both medical doctors and human rights groups have told…
ZIMBABWE’S severe shortage of US dollars is set to worsen as the coronavirus threatens the start of sales of tobacco, its second-biggest source of foreign exchange. “It’s the cash flow that’s the biggest concern for everyone,” Ben Gilpin, executive director of the Commercial Farmers Union, said by phone from the capital, Harare, on Tuesday. “The…
©️ POLICE have threatened to impound vehicles and arrest drivers who flout lockdown measures meant to contain the spread of coronavirus. This followed the continued defiance of the measures as shown by the volume of traffic that found its way into the capital’s central business district (CBD) yesterday. The trend was reportedly the same in…
©️ THE Harare City Council (HCC) has applied for $41 million from central government for the optimisation of Morton Jaffray treatment plant to increase water production and supply to residents amid the global scourge of coronavirus (Covid-19). This comes after the city was successfully sued by residents who demanded availability of potable water in the…
THERE are growing concerns that the ongoing 21-day national lockdown that was imposed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to combat the spread of coronavirus is running out of steam, the Daily News reports. This comes as Zimbabwe has recorded its 10th case of people who have tested positive for the lethal disease, amid startling revelations by…
A BATTLE to control MDC headquarters Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House, formely Harvest House, has erupted between factions of the party headed by dethroned president Nelson Chamisa and reinstated secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora, the Daily News can report. This followed last week’s Supreme Court ruling which removed Chamisa as party president for unconstitutionally assuming the leadership…
THE government must do more to stop domestic violence during the current lockdown, legal watchdog, Veritas has said. This comes as countries throughout the world are recording spikes in the incidences of domestic violence during the lockdown as the world is grappling to contain the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19). Veritas said there is need for…
