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Brace for 3rd wave, says experts
MEDICAL experts yesterday warned that the country might be hit by a third wave of COVID-19 following Monday's relaxation of lockdown restrictions with winter approaching, and at a time new variants of...Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 06:33hrs | 3250 | by Staff reporter
Bank queues a Covid-19 time bomb
BANKS are not adhering to World Health Organisation (WHO) standards and national Covid-19 guidelines as evidenced by their failure to control clients to ensure social distancing. Social distan...Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 06:21hrs | 251 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife donates hospital beds
FIRST Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa, through her Angel of Hope Foundation, has donated specialised beds to hospitals in Bulawayo, Midlands, Masvingo, Mashonaland East and Mashonaland Central provinces as sh...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:27hrs | 99 | by Staff reporter
Doctors give thumbs up to vaccination
Zimbabwean doctors, who are part of the frontline workers inoculated with their first doses of the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine say it is safe and encouraged others to get the jab. Speaking to r...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 08:26hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
Car spares dealer duped of R50,000
A CAR spares dealer lost R50 000 to an unknown man who claimed to be a Mpilo Central Hospital employee and lured him to the hospital so that they could engage in a business deal. Mr Reuben Mal...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 06:25hrs | 1375 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe might not meet vaccine demand'
PARLIAMENTARY Portfolio Committee on Health chairperson Ruth Labode yesterday expressed concern over government's capacity to meet demand for COVID-19 vaccines, given that the country currently only h...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:50hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter
22 COVID-19 vaccination centres set up in Bulawayo
THE Health and Child Care ministry has set up 22 COVID-19 vaccination centres in Bulawayo to inoculate 6 000 frontline workers and other vulnerable groups in the city.Bulawayo's vaccination ex...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:48hrs | 284 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo vaccinates 400 frontliners
OVER 400 frontline workers have taken the Covid-19 vaccine in Bulawayo within two days of the rolling out of the programme in the city. Bulawayo has four teams vaccinating frontline workers wh...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:46hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter
MPs want to jump the Covid-19 vaccine queue
ZIMBABWE'S lawmakers have demanded that they be vaccinated immediately against Covid-19 as they are a top priority and frontline personnel at risk of contracting the deadly virus.The MPs have ...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:41hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter
Man fights for life after assault over goats
A 35-YEAR-OLD man from Kamativi in Hwange district is battling for life in hospital after a neighbour assaulted him with a metal bar in a fight over goats that strayed into a maize field.Mr Bo...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:43hrs | 704 | by Staff reporter
A White City bomb victim's cry for help
LIKE many Zanu-PF youths, 34-year-old Coreen Mazokera felt duty-bound to provide ushering services during the ill-fated ruling party campaign rally addressed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Bulaway...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 07:02hrs | 875 | by Staff reporter
Man killed in Nkulumane hit and run accident
A Bulawayo man was found dead in Nkulumane suburb and police suspect that his life was claimed in a hit and run accident.The man has not yet been identified.Bulawayo provincial spokesp...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 17:52hrs | 611 | by Staff reporter
'We are united and peace loving people' said Mnangagwa - tyrant boot on our throat 'Shaisano!'
Zanu PF's ethos is that the party would rather destroy Zimbabwe, burn it down into ruins, than allow anyone else ruling the country! "Shaisano!" as one would say in Shona. 40 years of Zanu PF ...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 08:25hrs | 2206 | by Nomusa Garikai
Zapu President mourns paramount Chief Vezi Maduna
We have received with profound sadness the news of Chief Vezi Maduna's Departure. Chief Maduna inspired many of us as he was a man of distinguished courage who also possessed a rare quality of self sa...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 11:21hrs | 755 | by Isaac Mabuka Zapu President
Why govt was sued over access to Covid-19 information
At the beginning of the year, Zimbabwe faced an unprecedented surge in the number of Covid-19 cases, but there was always a lingering feeling that the government was not telling the full story. ...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:49hrs | 113 | by Nompilo Simanje
New system to eliminate fake Covid-19 certificates
A barcoding system developed to verify the authenticity of Covid-19 certificates is expected to start working this week, as authorities seek an end to fake coronavirus certificates.All the cou...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:37hrs | 242 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo Covid-19 testing lab issuing fake certificates?
A corrupt network involving some laboratory staff working at the National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory and some doctors at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo have been illegally selling Covid-19 ...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:53hrs | 1052 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe frets as SA opens borders
ZIMBABWE is yet to make a decision on the opening of its borders for international travel, with authorities saying they would be guided by the prevailing COVID-19 situation in the country.The ...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:50hrs | 1394 | by Staff reporter
'Lazy husband' kills wife
A 75-year-old man from West Nicholson in Matabeleland South Province allegedly killed his wife for calling him lazy while they were cultivating their field.Matabeleland South Police spokespers...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 14:51hrs | 1748 | by Staff reporter
Diasporans demand Ekusileni Hospital opening
DIASPORA-BASED well-wishers under the banner of Friends of Iam4byo Fighting COVID-19 have petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa to urgently open Ekusileni Hospital to allow Bulawayo residents to enj...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 07:03hrs | 618 | by Staff reporter
Man stabs friend to death over a girl
Police in Bulawayo have arrested a 20-year-old man for allegedly stabbing his 18-year-old friend to death following a dispute over a woman. Bongani Ngulube of Mpopoma suburb allegedly stabbed ...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 06:38hrs | 728 | by Staff reporter
289 Mpilo workers test positive for Covid-19
THE number of Mpilo Central Hospital workers who have tested positive to Covid-19 has risen to 289 following a massive testing exercise at the public institution. At the beginning of the year, a total...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 06:38hrs | 343 | by Staff reporter
Mandatory cancer screening planned
It will be mandatory for Zimbabweans in certain age groups to be screened for cancers as a prevention and control strategy for the world's second leading cause of deaths under plans now being consider...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 06:35hrs | 129 | by Staff reporter
Parly raises concern over COVID-19 testing
THE chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Health, Ruth Labode, yesterday expressed concern over the fact that Zimbabwe has a few free COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing...Published: 02 Feb 2021 at 06:33hrs | 1186 | by Mutiusinazita
ZACC recovers stolen test kits
The Zimbabwe Anti Corruption Commission (ZACC) yesterday recovered about 40 boxes of Covid-19 testing kits worth more than US$12 000 whose origin was traced to Mpilo Hospital in Bulawayo, as the anti ...Published: 02 Feb 2021 at 06:31hrs | 1382 | by Staff reporter
Fatal fight over amacimbi
A 44-year-old Bulawayo man died before admission to Mpilo Central Hospital after he was assaulted over amacimbi by two men in Old Pumula suburb. The late Mr Khumbula Homes Zulu suffered a swol...Published: 01 Feb 2021 at 05:34hrs | 1196 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 storm imminent, says Prof Ngwenya
MPILO Hospital acting chief executive officer, Professor Solwayo Ngwenya has warned that the country is headed for a Covid-19 storm if the public does not abide to the national lockdown regulations....Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 06:55hrs | 1223 | by Staff reporter
'Ingutsheni Hospital safe from COVID-19'
INGUTSHENI Hospital chief executive Nemache Mawere yesterday said the mental health institution was safe from the COVID-19 pandemic after introducing the "no COVID-19 certificate, no admission" princi...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 06:00hrs | 657 | by Staff reporter
'Fake doctor' treats Bulawayo patients
A CLINICAL officer at Mpilo Central Hospital has been arrested for allegedly masquerading as a doctor to patients at his private practice in the city centre. Police arrested Watson Mpala (67) ...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 05:55hrs | 992 | by Yoliswa Dube-Moyo
Man killed in Pumula hit and run
A body of an unidentified man has not been collected from Mpilo Central Hospital mortuary for over two weeks after he was killed in a hit and run accident in Pumula East.POLICE are now appeali...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 18:52hrs | 1009 | by Staff reporter
Fight over new Covid drug
Doctors are divided over the use of Ivermectin with some saying that its use could be lethal while others are saying its worth trying. This comes after Government granted the College of Primar...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 07:24hrs | 2783 | by Staff reporter
Zesa employee collapses while operating crane
A ZIMBABWE Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) female employee on Wednesday collapsed while operating an overhead plant crane mounted on the fourth floor of the company's building along Batch Street i...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 06:56hrs | 1231 | by Staff reporter
Rape cases increase in Bulawayo
POLICE in Bulawayo have urged women to avoid walking alone in bushy areas even in broad daylight following an increase in cases of rape around the city. This comes after a woman was raped whil...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 06:48hrs | 313 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo deaths prompt mass Covid-19 testing
MPILO Central Hospital mortality rates have shot up, with two staffers testing Covid-19 positive daily, forcing authorities to conduct tests for all 2 100 staff members and 348 patients currently admi...Published: 28 Jan 2021 at 06:28hrs | 1367 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe testing COVID-19 'drug'
GOVERNMENT is clinically testing anti-parasite drug, Ivermectin in a bid to establish its efficacy in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. The second wave of COVID-19 currently affecting the countr...Published: 27 Jan 2021 at 06:08hrs | 2921 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 vaccine only for the chefs
GOVERNMENT yesterday revealed that it was failing to import enough vaccines for citizens, and would prioritise Cabinet ministers and senior government officials, Members of Parliament (MPs), the secur...Published: 26 Jan 2021 at 07:31hrs | 4087 | by Staff reporter
MDC bigwig attacks govt's poor strategies in COVID-19 fight
FORMER Health and Child Care minister Henry Madzorera has rapped government and questioned its commitment to addressing the deadly COVID-19 pandemic after the number of deaths breached the 1 000 mark ...Published: 26 Jan 2021 at 06:56hrs | 577 | by Staff reporter
Professor Solwayo Ngwenya: The story of an unheralded Covid-19 warrior
Names are believed to spell doom or fortunes in many families. By nature Africans believe in the prophetic manifestations hence when christening one, there is careful consideration. Out of inc...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 22:27hrs | 586 | by Staff reporter
'Expect more Covid-19 cases and deaths'
THE public has been warned that the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic being experienced in Zimbabwe is far from reaching its peak, hence there are high chances that more positive cases and deaths w...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 23:29hrs | 3129 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo police impound 95 cars
POLICE in Bulawayo yesterday impounded 95 vehicles from motorists, including pirate taxis, for defying the level 4 lockdown regulations meant to curb the spread of Covid-19. The country has of...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 06:22hrs | 699 | by Staff reporter
'Two health workers infected by COVID-19 each day'
At least two members of the health frontline workers in Zimbabwe's major hospital are contracting the dreaded COVID-19 virus per day and putting a strain on the country's health provision system....Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:54hrs | 644 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe COVID-19 death toll spikes
ZIMBABWE recorded an unprecedented record high 60 COVID-19 deaths in 24 hours on Monday, a situation that has forced health experts to conclude that this could just be a tip of an iceberg, considering...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 07:04hrs | 1756 | by Staff reporter
'Data price must fall'
NATIONAL Arts Council of Zimbabwe director, Nicholas Moyo has called on internet service providers in the country to reduce their tariffs for the survival of the arts sector as artistes are relying so...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:53hrs | 526 | by Staff reporter
'Home remedies don't cure COVID-19'
HEALTH experts and stakeholders have warned that home remedies were not a cure for COVID-19, but only relieve symptoms and offer the body a fighting chance against the respiratory virus.This f...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 06:23hrs | 2120 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hospitals run out of oxygen
MEDICAL practitioners have called on government to urgently intervene and put measures in place to ensure adequate supply of oxygen as most health institutions in the country are constantly running ou...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 09:39hrs | 1101 | by Staff reporter
One COVID-19 death per hour
ZIMBABWE's COVID-19 dilemma is likely to escalate if serious precautions to prevent its further spread are not taken, with official statistics yesterday revealing that one person is dying every hour i...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:43hrs | 921 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe COVID-19 vaccine policy on cards
GOVERNMENT is in the process of coming up with a national COVID-19 vaccination policy, amid calls by a top health expert that the country must also embrace COVID-19 vaccines that meet international st...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 07:54hrs | 386 | by Staff reporter
Govt told to shut land borders
Health experts have implored the Government to follow the example of South Africa and close all its land borders to curb the alarming spread of coronavirus in the country. This comes as there ...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 09:07hrs | 1860 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo Covid-19 cases reach 206
ABOUT 206 Mpilo Central Hospital healthcare workers have contracted Covid-19 since April last year, amid fears of more infections owing to the rapid increase of new cases in the countrywide. A...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 07:52hrs | 295 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 will wipe us out if we are not careful'
Mpilo Central Hospital's acting clinical director Professor Solwayo Ngwenya says that Zimbabwe does not have much resources at its disposal to mitigate the coronavirus. He also said that there...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 08:05hrs | 3122 | by Staff reporter
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