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Zimbabwe now almost overrun by Covid-19 second wave
When the coronavirus pandemic began early in 2020, most Zimbabweans never took it seriously. Many were misled by social media where it was peddled that Corona is only for whites and only comes in wint...Published: 3 hrs ago | 1169 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Over 41 000 returnees pass through Beitbridge
OVER 41 800 people and 7 012 commercial trucks passed through Beitbridge border post during the festive season amid fears that the influx of travellers contributed to the current spike in coronavirus ...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 08:03hrs | 549 | by Staff reporter
FC Platinum locked in the bus in Tanzania
FC Platinum starlet Kelvin Mangiza has revealed that the team was locked in the bus outside Benjamin Mkapa Stadium forcing players and officials to jump out through the windows ahead of the crucial CA...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 07:43hrs | 818 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's security personnel test positive of COVID-19
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, currently on annual leave at a time Zimbabwe is battling the intensifying Covid-19 pandemic, including attendant deaths, was last week forced to abandon a trip to his She...Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 18:41hrs | 4042 | by Staff reporter
South Africa urges Zimbabweans to self-quarantine
SOUTH Africa's Department of Health in Limpopo Province has urged cross-border travellers who used the Beitbridge Port of Entry to access the neighbouring country and Zimbabwe in the last four days to...Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 07:49hrs | 1310 | by Staff reporter
104 test positive to COVID-19 at Beitbridge
THE Limpopo Department of Health in South Africa on Thursday called on all people entering that country through the Beitbridge Border Post to self-quarantine after at least 104 people tested positive ...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 20:32hrs | 573 | by Staff reporter
UK bars travellers from Zimbabwe
The UK has imposed a ban on travellers coming in from six African nations over concerns about the importation of a new strain of Covid-19....Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 15:53hrs | 2894 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe saw influx of festive travellers
ZIMBABWE'S 11 entry ports including airports recorded 103 097 entries during the December festive season with Beitbridge border post topping the list with over 40 000 people and 7 012 commercial truck...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:45hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter
Nurses down injections and thermometers
NURSES at major public hospitals in Harare and Bulawayo downed tools yesterday for fear of contracting the deadly COVID-19 virus after being forced to work without personal protective equipment (PPE)....Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:40hrs | 1078 | by Staff reporter
Another COVID-19 case in Warriors camp
ZIFA have confirmed another case of coronavirus in the Warriors camp, with a member of the technical team the latest to return a positive result for the virus.Association spokesperson Xolisani...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 08:23hrs | 424 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to prosecute traveller using fake COVID-19 certificates
Zimbabwe government spokesman Nick Mangwana, says travellers using fake COVID-19 test certificates will face the full might of the law after several fake certificates were discovered at the Beitbridge...Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 07:47hrs | 2759 | by Staff reporter
'Humanitarian crisis' at SA's border posts
Long queues and desperate attempts to enter South Africa have placed a huge strain on the country's border posts with neighbouring countries.And, while acknowledging that a "humanitarian crisi...Published: 05 Jan 2021 at 15:59hrs | 2577 | by Staff reporter
CAF reach out to ZIFA over crisis
THE Confederation of African Football have reached out to ZIFA to enquire about the Covid-19 crisis in the Warriors' camp and the additional lockdown measures ahead of the national football team's par...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 23:02hrs | 704 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 hits Zimbabwe tollgates
PANIC has gripped the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) staff after one of them reportedly succumbed to COVID-19-related complications last week while five others, including a police offi...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 22:29hrs | 2099 | by Staff reporter
Boost for Thorngrove Hospital
BULAWAYO's Thorngrove Infectious Diseases Hospital has received a donation of eight beds from stakeholders to increase its capacity in handling COVID-19 at a time the country is experiencing a surge i...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 22:26hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa leads people astray new covid rules are not political
In the past 24 hours United Kingdom has lost 53.000 fifty three thousand people to COVID 19. The number is growing. In twenty four hours six Zimbabwean nurses in the UK have lost their lives to COVID ...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 16:43hrs | 1673 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zifa submits bloated squad for Chan
ZIFA has been forced to submit a bloated final Warriors squad list for the African Nations Championship (Chan) as the Confederation of African Football (Caf) are taking their time to respond to their ...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 07:26hrs | 848 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 'advisory'
DO not put your suffering or sickness to waste. Your greatest template on just how to conduct yourself both in health and in hardship and adversity is none other than Jesus Christ.Is not our g...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 07:47hrs | 497 | by Zii Masiye
Zifa await CAF response
ZIFA is still awaiting a response from the Confederation of African Football (Caf) after seeking an extension of the date for submission of the African Nations Championship (Chan) squad amid a crippli...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 07:37hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 hits Beitbridge
TWO doctors, several nurses and other staff at Beitbridge District Hospital have tested positive for COVID-19 as the pandemic hit the border town.Eighteen students from Mukaro Mission in Gutu ...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 07:41hrs | 1082 | by Staff reporter
Loga tests positive for COVID-19
ZIMBABWE's participation at next month's African Nations Championship (Chan) finals is in doubt after Warriors coach Zdravko LogaruĊĦic was said to be among the 14 players and officials who contracted...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 10:54hrs | 823 | by Staff reporter
Zifa discuss Covid-19 crisis
THE ZIFA board yesterday discussed the impact of the COVID-19 crisis that has hit the Warriors training camp for the CHAN tournament after almost half the members tested positive for coronavirus this ...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 10:30hrs | 62 | by Staff reporter
Douglas Mwonzora takes charge of MDC-T
Newly-elected MDC-T president, Mr Douglas Mwonzora, yesterday assumed his new role as opposition leader and immediately unveiled a new executive in which he retained his election rivals - Dr Thokozani...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 08:03hrs | 2957 | by Staff Reporter
9 Zimbabwe Warriors test positive for COVID-19
Zimbabwe's preparations for the CHAN tournament suffered a huge dent after nine players in the provisional squad tested positive for COVID-19.The identities of the affected players were kept u...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 17:15hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter
Thieves raid quarantine centre
POLICE are investigating theft of blankets and mattresses from a quarantine centre in Beitbridge town. Thieves allegedly broke into a storeroom at the Covid-19 transit, isolation and quarantin...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 06:56hrs | 407 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe pins hopes on 2021
THE year 2020 ends this week amid renewed optimism among Zimbabweans for a brighter new year, predicated on the emerging economic stability and hope for a robust lift off.For most Zimbabweans,...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 06:59hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
Walk Cyclone Chalane Preparedness Talk - Nomboka urges Zimbabwe govt
Shadow MP for Mondoro-Ngezi, Mr Kurebwa Javangwe Nomboka has urged the government of Zimbabwe to take serious disaster-preparedness measures amid the gathering of momentum of the Cyclone Chalane....Published: 26 Dec 2020 at 15:39hrs | 1854 | by Maxwell Teedzai
Zimbabwe warns of 'no Covid-19 negative certificates' deportations
GOVERNMENT has threatened deportations and compulsory quarantine on both foreigners and returning locals who enter the country without having undergone the mandatory Covid-19 tests confirming they did...Published: 25 Dec 2020 at 07:03hrs | 706 | by Staff reporter
Britain announces South Africa travel restrictions
Britain on Wednesday introduced restrictions on travel from South Africa over the spread of another new variant of coronavirus, UK Health Minister Matt Hancock said.The restrictions, which applied...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 05:11hrs | 1487 | by Staff reporter
Half-baked student teachers recalled
THE Higher and Tertiary Education ministry has recalled student teachers, who had already been deployed for teaching practice, to continue face-to-face tutorials at their respective campuses. ...Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 18:10hrs | 2144 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa orders police to 'invoke corona lockdown laws'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has ordered police to tighten lockdown restrictions during the festive season, as authorities strive to curb the spread of Covid-19 in the country.At the same time...Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 06:49hrs | 4319 | by Staff reporter
Tempers flare as Covid-19 hits Harare school
A Harare school recorded 37 Covid-19 cases days before the end of the third term on Friday, sparking a standoff between parents and Health and Child Care ministry officials over the handling of the ma...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 07:32hrs | 1321 | by Staff reporter
Border jumpers defy Covid-19
THE International Organisation for Migration (IOM) says 1 230 people per day were crossing into South Africa illegally during the eighth months when the Beitbridge border post was closed due to lockdo...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 06:50hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter
Mnangawa says Zimbabwe is preparing for Covid-19 vaccine rollout
ZIMBABWE has upped preparations for a nationwide rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine, with the Government having concluded two extensive studies to assess readiness for the deployment of inoculation jabs,...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 06:45hrs | 284 | by Staff reporter
Don't stigmatise COVID-19 patients, says Govt official
DIRECTOR of epidemiology in the Health ministry Portia Manangazira has cautioned communities to desist from stigmatising COVID-19 patients, especially infected schoolchildren who will return home afte...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 06:15hrs | 81 | by Staff reporter
Mvurwi hospital nurses test positive to Covid-19
COVID-19 PANDEMIC has hit Mvurwi hospital's two nurses who are currently in self isolation Bulawayo24.com has learnt.Mashonaland Centra...Published: 09 Dec 2020 at 21:22hrs | 764 | by Simbarashe Sithole
COVID-19 second wave hits Zimbabwe hard
THE much-feared coronavirus second wave is increasingly becoming a reality in the country - with the lethal disease claiming the lives of 10 people over the weekend, amid an alarming drop in disciplin...Published: 07 Dec 2020 at 20:38hrs | 856 | by Staff reporter
Duo nabbed over fake Covid-19 certificates
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) yesterday arrested two men over origination of fake Covid-19 test certificates for travellers at Chirundu Border Post following a tip-off from members of the public....Published: 07 Dec 2020 at 20:37hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
Deportees fined for escaping from quarantine
Two Zimbabweans who recently escaped from a quarantine facility after being deported from South Africa, were yesterday fined $20 000 each by a local magistrate. Upon arrival by road via Beitbr...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 06:26hrs | 140 | by Staff reporter
Govt must urgently close schools, says PTUZ
THE Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has called for the primary and secondary Education ministry to close schools to protect learners and educators from rising COVID-19 infections....Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:53hrs | 857 | by Staff reporter
Ministry orders Girls College students to go for COVID-19 tests
THE HEALTH ministry has ordered 21 students from Girls College in Bulawayo, who attended a dinner party last week, to undergo COVID-19 tests.The school was closed last week after a COVID-19 ca...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 06:13hrs | 769 | by Staff reporter
Motorists, pedestrians can cross border tomorrow
PREPARATIONS have been made for private motorists and pedestrians to use safely the land border posts from tomorrow with the deployment of more staff and equipment on course, and strict health safety ...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 05:54hrs | 1339 | by Staff reporter
Borders reopen tomorrow
Preparations have been made for private motorists and pedestrians to safely use the land border posts from tomorrow with the deployment of more staff and equipment and strict health safety measures in...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 05:50hrs | 812 | by Staff reporter
Gweru school records 20 Covid-19 cases
THERE seems to be no end in sight to the increasing cases of Covid-19 at local learning institutions after Anderson High School in Gweru recorded 20 new positive cases.Ever since schools reope...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 15:59hrs | 1069 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tightens security at SA border
Zimbabwe has tightened security along its border with South Africa, where cases of illegal crossings had become rife at the peak of the Covid-19-induced lockdown, which began in March. Borders...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 06:45hrs | 443 | by Staff reporter
Reprieve for Covid-19+ students
PUBLIC examination candidates who test positive for Covid-19 will be allowed to sit for their exams under special health protocols, that include sitting in isolated exam rooms with strict monitoring b...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 06:43hrs | 177 | by Staff reporter
Biti's sensational take on state of the Zimbabwe economy
MDC-ALLIANCE vice president Tendai Biti painted a bleak picture of the state of the economy this week in what he called the "State of the Economy Address". Many in Zimbabwe and abroad would find his t...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:14hrs | 596 | by Staff reporter
'Shut down schools,' MPs tell govt
PARLIAMENT has recommended that the government immediately shuts down schools, blaming the rising COVID-19 cases on its failure to adequately prepare for the reopening of learning institutions after 5...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:25hrs | 1935 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda runs out of Covid-19 isolation space
GWANDA Town is experiencing a shortage of isolation space following an increase in Covid-19 cases that have been recorded in the area.The district has recorded more than 40 cases over the past...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:13hrs | 351 | by Staff Reporter
SA likely to return to lockdown
South Africa could return into lockdown following an upsurge in Covid-19 infections. Ranked number 16 in the world in infections, the country has the highest number of cases in Africa. Al...Published: 25 Nov 2020 at 04:39hrs | 1122 | by Staff reporter
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