admin13 prisoners test positive to Covid-19
At least 13 prisoners at Chinhoyi Prison have tested positive to Covid-19, but have since been quarantined, Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) health services director Senior Assistant Commissioner Evidence Gaka said yesterday after receiving his second jab in Harare.
Covid-19: Easter movement restricted…Boarders to remain at school
Boarders will not be allowed to go back home during the Easter holidays and their parents are barred from visiting them at school while traditional church gatherings associated with the period will remain limited to 50 people as Government takes a cautious approach to avert a third wave of Covid-19 infections.
1 million more doses of Chinese vaccine arrive
With the vaccine supply chain now assured with the arrival yesterday of more than a million doses of Sinovac vaccine, the bulk of Zimbabwe’s first commercial order, the Ministry of Health and Child Care is accelerating the national vaccination programme with satellite vaccination points in rural centres and mobile teams becoming active.
‘Time to invest in traditional medicines’
SCIENTISTS must broaden collaboration in research and development of traditional medicines as part of global efforts to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic which has taken lives and disrupted livelihoods globally, President Mnangagwa said.
No home win, so what?…Warriors score another Afcon first
THE Zimbabwe Warriors are the first team to reach the AFCON finals, without winning a game at home, since the group format of qualifiers was first introduced by CAF in 1965.
ZANU PF dismisses MDC-A ‘cards’ claims
ZANU PF has distanced itself from “unfounded and untested” claims by the MDC-Alliance that the revolutionary party is printing opposition party membership cards and regalia, saying the party has no time for crumbling non-indigenous political outfits.
Mahendere overjoyed, humbled with global award
Gospel musician Minister Michael Mahendere, who is on top of his game at the moment, last week bagged an international award at the Global Music Awards Africa that were held in Accra, Ghana.
RBZ simplifies rules for tobacco marketing
Simple and transparent rules have been put in place by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) for the 2021 tobacco marketing season to ensure merchants and farmers can retain or be paid 60 percent of their net revenue in foreign currency and 40 percent in local currency.
Thousands stranded in Mozambique
Pemba, Mozambique. – Sporadic clashes broke out in Palma yesterday as thousands of residents hid around the besieged northern Mozambique town, scrambling to escape the area overrun by jihadist militants, aid agencies said.
AFCON qualification conceals Loga’s poor record
ZDRAVKO LOGARUSIC could have led Zimbabwe to the 2021 AFCON finals but the grim statistics, stalking his tenure, are still stirring up concerns ahead of tougher battles ahead.