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Address by His Excellency Cyril Ramaphosa Focus on South Africa …effect on neighbours, Zim in particular

July 12, 2020 Healthtimes

By Catherine Murombedzi Health Correspondent ● Country remains at Level 3 ● Not yet at peak, ● All taxis on long trips must observe 70% occupancy ● Local taxis to ply at 100% observing all measures ● Alcohol sales prohibited with immediate effect ● Curfew effective Monday 13 July, 2020, 9pm to 4am no travel except from work or seeking medical assistance. ● Ease restrictions on auctions eased, agriculture, parks open for exercises. ● Family visits still prohibited, we note as social beings those with aged parents find it difficult,…

Zim Reports Steady Improvement In Uptake of Maternal, Reproductive & Adolescents Health Services Under Lockdown

July 12, 2020July 12, 2020 Healthtimes

THE ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) says there has been a steady improvement in the uptake of Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) for the first time since the national lockdown was effected in March this year. HealthTimes Reporter According to the health ministry, there was a decline in the utilization of Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) services such as family planning, antenatal care, postnatal care and other reproductive health services, particularly in the month of April 2020. The decline was due to challenges…

#JUSTIN: Zimbabwe Receives PCR testing kits from China

July 12, 2020July 12, 2020 Healthtimes

CHINA has donated 30,000 novel coronaviruses (2019-nCoV) nucleic acid diagnostic kit (PCR-fluorescence probing) to assist the country fight against COVID-19. The Acting Minister of Health and Child Care, Professor Amon Murwira received 1,250 kits each containing 24 tests at R.G. Mugabe International Airport. The Minister expressed gratitude for the donation, saying testing is one of the main pillars in trying to contain this pandemic. “I am very grateful to the People’s Republic of China; we have just received 30, 000 PCR testing kits and since testing is one of the…

#BREAKING: Gvt Hospitals Bosses Fired, HSB Says Its Restructuring

July 11, 2020July 11, 2020 Michael Gwarisa

ZIMBABWE’S public health institutions could be running on auto pilot amidst indications that all Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) in government hospitals have been dismissed under what the Health Services Board (HSB) has described as a restructuring exercise. By Michael Gwarisa In an interview with HealthTimes, HSB Board Chair Paulinos Sikhosana said the restructuring was meant to bring sanity in all public health institutions. There is a restructuring going to improve efficiency effectiveness and integrity, so that’s the only statement that I can tell you,” said Dr Sikhosana before he hung…

#JUSTIN: Two Parirenyatwa Hospital Employees Test Positive For COVID-19

July 11, 2020 Michael Gwarisa

TWO out of 26 members of staff at Parirenyatwa Hospital, who had just completed their shifts in the institution’s COVID-19 center have tested positive for COVID-19, HealthTimes has learnt. By Michael Gwarisa In a statement, the institution said those who tested positive were immediately quarantined to avoid further spreading the disease. Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals would like to inform the public that two out of 26 staff members who had completed one of their shifts in our COVID-19 Centre tested positive for SARS-Cov-2. “Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals has three teams…

#JUSTIN: Many Could Die, As Zimbabweans Fail To Access Health Services

July 11, 2020July 11, 2020 Michael Gwarisa

THOUSANDS of desperate Zimbabweans were this week left without public health services for the third week as health care workers continued striking, amid growing fears that many will be left to die as a worsening crisis in the health care sector takes its toll, warns Citizens Heath Watch (CHW). By HealthTimes Correspondent This week, 18 health care workers at the government run, referral hospital United Bulawayo Hospitals tested positive for Covid 19, as nurses at public institutions countrywide continue to withhold their services making the plight of Zimbabweans more challenging,…

Dark Week For Zimbabwe, As COVID-19 Kills 5 Within A Few Days

July 10, 2020July 11, 2020 Michael Gwarisa

ZIMBABWE has recorded another COVID-19 fatality, this time a 63 year old woman from Matabeleland North Province , bringing the total number of coranavirus deaths recorded this week to five, the highest weekly death toll the country has recorded since the pandemic was recorded in the country. By Michael Gwarisa The cumulative total number of deaths in Zimbabwe currently stands at 13 with majority of the cases having been recorded during the period July 6 to 10, 2020. According to the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) daily COVID-19…

FDA Authorizes Marketing of IQOS Tobacco Heating System with ‘Reduced Exposure’ Information

July 10, 2020 Michael Gwarisa

THE U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the marketing of Philip Morris Products S.A.’s “IQOS Tobacco Heating System” as modified risk tobacco products (MRTPs). By Michael Gwarisa This marks the second set of products ever to be authorized as MRTPs and the first tobacco products to receive “exposure modification” orders, which permits the marketing of a product as containing a reduced level of or presenting a reduced exposure to a substance or as being free of a substance when the issuance of the order is expected to benefit the health…

#JUSTIN: Mnangagwa Hints On Lockdown Review

July 10, 2020July 10, 2020 Michael Gwarisa

PRESIDENT Emerson says there is need for a review of lockdown measures in a bid to curb the spread of COVID-19. By Michael Gwarisa The announcement comes after the country has recorded its darkest week since the COVID-19 was reported in the country. Speaking during a Politburo Meeting, President Mnangagwa said, “The recent rapid spike of infections requires that we make another review of the COVID-19 Lockdown measures.”

#JUSTIN: Call Off 31 July Protests, Gvt Warns Opposition As Local COVID-19 Cases Skyrocket

July 9, 2020 Michael Gwarisa

INFORMATION, publicity and broadcasting services Minister, Honorable Monica Mutsvangwa, has called on all political leaders to call off the planned 31 July protests citing COVID-19 infections fears, amidst a spike in local transmissions. By Michael Gwarisa In a media brief, Minister Mutsvangwa said in as much as the call protests was a democratic right, it was ill-timed and could expose millions of Zimbabweans to COVID-19 infections. On 1 July, Zimbabwe recorded 14 new cases, on the 4th the number shot to 73 new cases, and yesterday our numbers jumped to…