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Zim COVID-19 Restrictions Revert To Factory Settings

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CITIZENS and employees will with immediate effect be required to produce exemption letters from their employers at security checkpoints for them to be granted passage into town. By Staff Reporter Briefing Journalists during a Post Cabinet Media Briefing, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services minister, Senator Monica Mutsvangwa said the COVID-19 situation in the country had moved to another level and required stern measures. Given the above challenges, Cabinet has directed that Treasury urgently releases the first tranche of ZW$368.2 million it had committed towards funding the enforcement of Level 4…

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Merck Signs MoU With African Federation of Fertility Societies

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Merck, a leading science and technology company, today announced the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the African Federation of Fertility Societies (AFFS). Through this agreement, both organisations will jointly work on an agenda to further develop educational training programs for healthcare professionals, aimed at improving access to high quality infertility care in Africa for the ultimate benefit of patients. By combining their forces, both will benefit from each other’s networks and communication channels, while also exploring opportunities to jointly offer in-depth training programs such as preceptorships and…

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Shamwari yeMwanasikana Responds To Health Minister’s Remarks On Access To SRH Services

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Shamwari yeMwanasikana, a Non- Governmental Organization that provides support for and supports the empowerment and emancipation of the girl child in Zimbabwe has vowed to continue fighting for adolescents and girls to access  Sexual Reproductive Health Rights Services (SRHS) without any restrictions. By Staff Reporter The development comes at the back of media reports that the ministry of health had shot down a request by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Health and the Thematic Committee on HIV and AIDS to have Section 35 of the country’s Public Health Act amended…

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People With Active COVID-19 Infections Cannot Be Vaccinated- Dr Matara

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PERSONS with active COVID-19 cases should pause getting vaccinated and wait until they would have recovered as the vaccine will not likely boost one’s immune response against a current infection, a Medical Expert has said. By Patricia Mashiri   Speaking to HealthTimes, Zimbabwe Association for Doctors for Human Rights (ZADR) president, Dr Norman Matara said even though with with active cases cant be vaccinated, those who would have previously tested positive for COVID-19 should not get vaccinated. People who got infected with COVID-19 can still get still get vaccinated because…

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Parirenyatwa Hospital Develops Booking System For Citizens Willing To Be Vaccinated

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PARIRENYATWA Group of Hospitals has come up with a booking system to accommodate citizens intending to get vaccinated against COVID-19, a move that is set to minimize queuing and crowing under the prevailing COVID times. By Michael Gwarisa In an Interview with HealthTimes, Parirenyatwa Hospital Spokesperson, Mr Linos Dire said they were now vaccinating close to 1000 people daily for both the first and second doses of the Sinopharm and Sinovac vaccines. We start inoculating at 9:00 am everyday and currently we have the Sinopharm and Sinovac vaccines. We have…

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Implementation Of National Disability Policy Key Says FODPZ

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THE Federation of Organizations of Disabled People in Zimbabwe (FODPZ), an umbrella body of various national disabled people’s organizations has challenged all stakeholders to implement the newly launched National Disability Policy (NDP) for it to have tangible meaning in the lives of persons with disabilities (PWDs). By Patricia Mashiri The National Disability Policy was launched by President Emerson Mnangagwa on 09 June 2021 in a move  that is likely to bring better livelihoods for Persons With Disabilities (PWDs). Speaking during a virtual meeting on critical reflection on the newly launched…

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We Haven’t Approved Blanket Use Of Ivermectin In COVID-19 Treatment

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THE Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) have clarified their position regarding the use of Ivermectin human formulation in the treatment and management of COVID-19 saying they  had not approved its blanket use and they were still running trials to determine its safety and efficacy. By Patricia Mashiri In an interview with HealthTimes Shingai Gwatidzo, Programs and Public Relations Officer, said the authority was yet to reach a conclusion on whether ivermectin human formulations are safe, effective and can be used in C0VID-19 management. The Authority took note of the…

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Blood Clots, A Very Common Symptom In Persons With Severe COVID-19

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THERE is a high probability of recording high blood clots cases in persons who are admitted in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and those with severe COVID-19 symptoms than in other groups, a top immunologist has said. By Michael Gwarisa Speaking during an informal meeting with Journalists recently, Dr Tinashe Gede said in as much as there has been concern over people developing blood clots from vaccines elsewhere in the world, the incidence of thrombosis or blood clots, COVID-19 had proved to be the most highly pro-thrombotic illness to have…

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#JUSTIN: COVID-19 Hits MSU Zvishavane Campus

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MORE than 20 Media, Communication, Film And Theatre Arts students at the Midlands Sate University have reportedly tested positive for COVID-19, forcing the institution’s authorities to move some the students to the Gweru main campus for quarantine. By Patricia Mashiri Students who spoke to the HealthTimes on grounds of anonymity said they were traumatized to attend classes even though authorities were pushing for resumption of classes. Some of the students who tested positive are are being moved to Gweru, some moved yesterday for quarantine. These are Media and Society Studies…

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