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Sitshengisiwe Ndlovu The World Health Organisation estimates the monthly Covid-19 needs of frontline health practitioners to stand at 89 million masks, 1,6 million goggles, 76 million gloves and 2,9 million litres…
COVID-19 vaccine ready by December, two shots to cost less than $144: Sinopharm chief
Leng Shumei Inactivated COVID-19 vaccine candidates developed by a Chinese pharmaceutical company are likely to be on the market by the end of December, at a price of less than…
World Bank: Covid-19 pushes poorer nations ‘from recession to depression’
Larry Elliot The head of the World Bank has called for a more ambitious debt relief plan for poor countries after warning that the Covid-19 recession is turning into a…
Study links COVID-19 to type 1 diabetes in children
A UK study shows during the peak of pandemic the number of new cases of type 1 diabetes in children was unusually high. LONDON – A new study published in…
Another existing drug shows promise against COVID-19
Timothy Huzar New research demonstrates that an existing drug, called Ebselen, has the potential to disrupt SARS-CoV-2. This is the virus responsible for COVID-19. The recent study, which appears in…
Mphoko trial date set
Prosper Dembedza Court Correspondent Harare regional magistrate Mr Trynos Utahwashe has set September 2 as the commencement date for the trial of former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko, who is facing…
Looking Back: New Mozambican leader Samora Machel a devout Marxist
The Rhodesia Herald, 26 June 1975 A FORMER male nurse, top guerrilla and a convinced Marxist: this is Samora Moises Machel, the bearded, charismatic Mozambican with the piercing black eyes…
Ex-Petrozim boss to know fate today
Nyore Madzianike Senior Court Reporter Harare magistrate Mr Lazini Ncube is today expected to sentence former Petrozim Line (Pvt) Ltd general manager, Cathrene Katsande, who is facing six counts of…
Mataba burial today
Takudzwa Chitsiga Sports Reporter KARIBA Waves coach Oliver Mataba, who died in the resort town on Tuesday, will be buried this afternoon. The burly coach, who was 44, will be…