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President Mnangagwa yesterday said empty streets that greeted him when he toured Chegutu, Kadoma and Kwekwe demonstrated high compliance levels by citizens with Government’s directive for them to stay home and prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Over 5 000 arrested for violating stay-at-home regulations
In the first fortnight of the lockdown, police arrested 5 226 people countrywide for breaching lockdown provisions, mainly operating shebeens, traffic offences, operating a business without an exemption or moving aimlessly around.
‘Lockdown letters from MPs, councillors invalid’
MINISTER of State Security Owen Ncube has warned Members of Parliament and councillors against issuing travelling exemptions to people during the Covid-19 induced lockdown.
VP Mohadi tours Wilkins Hospital
Vice President Kembo Mohadi yesterday toured Wilkins Infectious Diseases Hospital and expressed satisfaction with renovation works at the institution following its designation as a Covid-19 isolation and treatment centre.
First batch of John Deere tractors arrives
GOVERNMENT on Saturday received 30 tractors that are part of the US$50 million deal it signed with global tractor manufacturer, John Deere, in November 2018.
Use existing infrastructure to fight coronavirus: Mutsvangwa
THE country must utilise existing health infrastructure as isolation and treatment centres before constructing new ones, as it fights the Covid-19 pandemic, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Senator Monica Mutsvangwa has said.
‘More Covid-19 drugs coming’
Plans to manufacture more drugs to manage the symptoms of Covid-19 are gathering pace, with Treasury requested to release US$617 000 for the importation of the required raw materials.
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Irrigation water for winter wheat guaranteed
MAJOR dams in the country’s traditional winter wheat producing provinces of Mashonaland East, West, Central, Manicaland and Midlands have enough water to irrigate 145 478 hectares of this winter’s crop, the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) has revealed.
Accapella group joins fight against Covid-19
VERSATILE accapella music outfit, Firm Faith Zimbabwe, has urged people to look up to God for deliverance in the wake of Covid-19, which has claimed the lives of three people in the country.