Health & Fitness

Harare City’s substantive director of Health Services Dr Prosper Chonzi has turned down his secondment to the position of acting town clerk in order to effectively execute the task of combating the Covid-19 pandemic. Dr Chonzi was offered the town clerk’s position by acting Harare Mayor Stewart Mutizwa following the …

Government has announced that Zimbabwe will receive it’s first batch of the donated SINOPHARM Covid-19 vaccine doses in the next six days.Another consignment, purchased by Government from the Asian giant, is expected in the country in the first week of March. This was revealed by Secretary for Information Nick Mangwana. …

Government has issued a warning to non-essential businesses along with those who keep flouting Covid-19 regulations, notably those who violate movement restrictions, gathering unlawfully and failing to properly don their masks, saying the authorities will not hesitate to apprehend offenders. In a weekly National Taskforce on Covid-19, Minister of Information, …

Police and military personnel manning roadblocks and security checkpoints have tightened enforcement of lockdown regulations. This follows the extension of the Level 4 strict national lockdown by an additional two weeks. Tightened security has seen long winding queues on various checkpoints in and around Mutare city centre as police scrutinise …

Bindura district has an estimated 14 416 people living with HIV out of its 168 193 residents. The district’s HIV prevalence rate stands at 11,2 percent. According to the National AIDS Council (NAC), around 12 160 of these people may need to be on ART (medication) though their conditions are …

Mashonaland West recorded the highest number of Covid-19 deaths in the country in the last 24 hours, statistics from the Ministry of Health and Child Care show. A total of 12 deaths were recorded from the province followed by Harare with 11 while Bulawayo and Manicaland recorded five each. Harare, …

Zimbabweans are paying for Covid-19 tests that have already been paid for by the Global Fund, Nhau has learnt. This was revealed by the chairperson of the Parliamentary Portifolio Committee on Health Dr Ruth Labode. Dr Labode said the country received US$45 million for the purchase of Covid-19 test kits. …

The government of South Africa has revealed that illegal immigrants will also benefit from the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine. National Treasury director-general Dondo Mogajane said this during a virtual meeting between his department and the SA National Editors Forum on Wednesday afternoon. “We are in SA and we have …

Chipadze Farm Health Centre, now known as the Chipadze Covid-19 isolation centre, is understaffed, a senior health official has told Nhau. Speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution, the insider said there are only two nurses manning the centre and are overwhelmed with work. The senior staffer pleaded …

· New variant deceptive · Facilities, personnel overwhelmed · High costs of treatment · Late presentation at hospitals By Gwendoline Mugauri In just 25 days, Zimbabwe jumped from 363 Covid-19 deaths to 1075.The country continues to struggle to contain further spread of the virus, as indications suggest that the more …