adminCovid-19 a thief, terrorist: Chipanga
As Zimbabwe reverts to total lockdown as part of measures to flatten the curve of Covid-19 infections from today, gifted lyricists Hosiah Chipanga has likened the pandemic to a thief or a terrorist who inflicts pain on his victims.
Transportation, selling of produce to continue
There will be no disruptions to the movement of agricultural produce from farms to markets as all registered agricultural markets remain operational during the prescribed hours of a level lockdown while vehicles carrying agricultural produce are allowed passage at all roadblocks and Covid-19 check points.
More Pfumvudza inputs on way
Farmers in Harare Province, who were registered, trained and whose plots were inspected by Agritex officers under the Pfumvudza programme, will get their inputs once fertiliser becomes available, Harare’s Provincial Development Coordinator Mr Tafadzwa Muguti has said.
Remdesivir and baricitinib shortened recovery time from COVID-19
Results from the ACTT-2 trial reveal that baricitinib combined with remdesivir reduced the recovery time of hospitalized COVID-19 patients from 8 to 7 days. The reduced recovery time was even more significant in patients requiring oxygen or ventilation.
Business has a big role to play in vaccinating the world
With the COVID-19 pandemic still raging and the prospect of a cold, socially distanced winter looming ahead, all of us are hoping that our jobs, businesses, schools and social lives will soon return to some semblance of normalcy. Universally, there’s the belief that the availability of a vaccine will break the spell and we can finally rid ourselves of our masks. But the last mile from ‘vaccine’ to ‘vaccination’ must be trekked before our world can truly start to become safe, and that journey is fraught with challenges.
Woman (65) killed in fight
A Harare man allegedly smashed a 65-year-old woman with a brick on the head several times, resulting in her death after she tried to restrain him from assaulting his girlfriend.
This is why we should test everyone for COVID-19
Many experts have recognized the merits of universal testing for COVID-19, arguing that the benefits outweigh the costs by a huge margin. To cite a few, Paul Romer, a Nobel laureate in economics, Michael Mina, an epidemiologist from Harvard University, the Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University, our own IMF working paper, and many commentators have argued for a universal testing and isolation policy (TIP) to vanquish the pandemic and reopen economies safely.
African tourism in Rhodesia hampered by hotel shortage
SALISBURY. — Although tours to Rhodesian places of interest are becoming more and more popular among Africans, suitable hotel accommodation is still a serious handicap to them.
Thousands throng border post to beat restrictions
Thousands of Zimbabweans and South Africans left the country yesterday through Beitbridge Border Post in a last-minute rush to beat the suspension of general travel, which went into effect by midnight.
Kombi driver goes on trial
THE trial of a commuter omnibus driver, who hit and killed two pedestrians before ramming into two other vehicles after defying Covid-19 restrictions banning kombis not registered with Zupco from operating, is expected to kick-off today at the Harare Magistrates’ Court.