President Cyril Ramaphosa declares a 21-day lockdown as a measure to curb the spread of the lethal cornavirus in Zimbabwe’s neighbor South Africa. The Lockdown will be effective from Thursday midnight 26 March to Thursday 16 April 2020.
Tarisai Machakaire,Blessings Mashaya and Shamiso Dzingire STAFF WRITERS THERE are concerns that many Zimbabweans may not be taking the deadly coronavirus seriously, with some people and churches still behaving as if it’s business as usual, the Daily News reports. As a result, there are calls for authorities to introduce more stringent measures to prevent the…
Zimbabwe has recorded its first coronavirus death. Broadcast journalist and son of prominent businessman and politician James Makamba, Zororo, succumbed to the lethal virus today… More to follow…
FOLLOWING last Friday’s announcement by the government that the country now had two confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), the Daily News reporters Tarisai Machakaire and Tinashe Nekati went out on the streets to glean people’s views on Zimbabwe’s preparedness, knowledge of the disease among other issues. Collin Muziringa, Student, Alexander Park What I know…
DOCTORS have called for the unfreezing of teaching posts at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) Medical School, saying the development is affecting the institution’s ability to enrol medical students. This follows numerous appeals by hospital management for the unfreezing of posts which they say is affecting the training of midwives, nurses as…
NEDBANK Zimbabwe Limited has appointed Sibongile P Moyo as its new managing director, taking over from Charity Jinya, who held the leadership rope for the past decade. In a statement last week, Nedbank company secretary Farai Sithole said Jinya retires on March 31, 2020, adding that her commercial acumen, wealth of knowledge and wisdom will…
A GROUP of MDC supporters on Saturday assaulted Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi during a Chegutu ward 2 by-election, the Daily News can report. According to Ziyambi, he went to a polling station to meet a Zanu PF polling agent, but rowdy MDC supporters confronted him and attempted to block his way before they hurled obscenities…
ANXIOUS Zimbabweans are praying that they will be spared the worst, following the weekend outbreak of the deadly coronavirus, which has killed thousands of people around the world, the Daily News on Sunday reports. This comes as Zimbabwe recorded its second case of coronavirus yesterday, a day after the country confirmed that a Victoria Falls…
ZIMBABWE Prisons are taking precautions through minimising visits amid the coronavirus (Covid-19) scare in the country and have called for the government to speed up the prisoners’ amnesty that will see the release of 6 000 prisoners countrywide. In their statement, the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) said it is vital to minimise visits…
PUBLIC hospitals yesterday started limiting patient visits to minimise the risk of the continued spread of the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19) after the number of confirmed cases in Zimbabwe rose to two. This comes amid growing fears that Zimbabwe may not be adequately prepared to tackle the virus with medical practitioners revealing that they had not…
