adminCovid: Hundreds of thousands of under-18s to get vaccine
Children over 12 who are at higher risk of getting ill if they catch Covid will be offered the jab, the vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi has confirmed.
Biti isolation claims raise eyebrows
PROSECUTORS have raised eyebrows over claims by MDC vice president Tendai Biti that he is in isolation after coming into contact with a person who tested positive for Covid-19. They accuse him of attempting to delay his trial for manhandling a Russian national as he is being seen in public regularly.
High Court releases convicts over magistrate’s bungling
Two prisoners serving jail sentences for robbery and assault have been released by the High Court when it reviewed the convictions because the Mount Darwin magistrate who sentenced them accepted their guilty pleas without explaining the elements of the charges they were facing.
Zim Olympics games reflection
ZIMBABWE have since 1980 managed to send a team to the Olympic Games and this year they will once again be among the countries that will be taking part at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Honours, awards extended to civilian nominees
Cabinet received an update on Zimbabwe’s Response to the Covid-19 Outbreak, which was presented by the Minister of Defence and War Veterans Affairs, Honourable OCZ Muchinguri-Kashiri, as the chairperson of the Ad-Hoc Inter-Ministerial Task Force on the Covid-19 Outbreak.
Manufacturing, safety and quality control of vaccines
This article is part of a series of explainers on vaccine development and distribution. Learn more about vaccines – from how they work and how they’re made to ensuring safety and equitable access – in WHO’s Vaccines Explained series.
Chiredzi chief succumbs to Covid-19
Chiredzi paramount chief, Chief Tshovani, born Mr Hlaisi Mundau, died yesterday morning at Collin Saunders Hospital in Triangle from Covid-19-related complications at the age of 75.
Kompany recommends Lokonga to Arteta
LONDON. — Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has revealed he consulted Manchester City legend Vincent Kompany before completing a move for Albert Sambi Lokonga and sanctioned a move for the midfielder after he earned rave reviews from the Anderlecht boss.
Chronicle Editor
- Chronicle
- July 21, 2021
- 31 views
11th-hour cancellation of Olympics not ruled out
THE chief of the Tokyo 2020 organising committee yesterday did not rule out a last-minute cancellation of the Olympics, as more athletes tested positive for Covid-19 and major sponsors ditched…
- Chronicle
- July 21, 2021
- 53 views
10 livestock thieves nabbed
Bongani Ndlovu, Chronicle Reporter POLICE in Madlambuzi, Bulilima district in Matabeleland South have teamed up with the community in a livestock busting operation that has led to the arrest of…