Category: #COVID19

2gether 4 SRHR Programme Withers COVID-19 Storm

Michael Gwarisa

THROUGH 2gether 4 SRHR, an integrated Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) programme,  Zimbabwe has  continued offering services to young girls and women in the districts the initiative is being implemented despite the raging effects of COVID-19. By Michael Gwarisa The 2gether 4 SRHR program is a joint initiative which is being implemented  in 10 selected countries in East and Southern Africa, Zimbabwe included. The program aims among other things to reduce unintended pregnancies, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), new HIV infections, maternal mortality and sexual and gender-based violence (GBV). Speaking…

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COVID-19 Hits Mberengwa Boarding Schools

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COVID-19 cases have risen in Mberengwa boarding schools to 125 following more tests that have been done in schools. Staff Reporter Previously Chegato 59, Masase40 had recorded 59 and 40 respectively before they had conducted other tests from the neighboring schools. Dr Gabriel Ndagurwa, Mberengwa District Medical Officer told state media that they were working flat out to make sure that the COVID-19 cases are contained and avoid spreading in the boarding schools that have been identified as hotspots. We have about 125 cases for far that we have picked…

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Without Mandatory Vaccination, Will Zimbabwe Meet December Herd Immunity Target?

Michael Gwarisa

WHEN Zimbabwe launched its national COVID-19 vaccination drive in February this year, health and child care minister Dr Constantino Chiwenga announced that the target was to vaccinate at least 10 million Zimbabweans in order to attain herd immunity. Just recently, information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister, Senator Monica Mutsvangwa told Journalists during g a post cabinet media briefing that government was still optimistic of reaching the herd immunity target by December. By Michael Gwarisa However, over the past seven months since commencement of the national vaccination initiative, a number of…

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Ban On Unvaccinated Church Congregants Still Stands

Michael Gwarisa
Members from various churches gather at the women and girls symposium

THE Zimbabwean government has maintained that the ban on unvaccinated church congregants was still effective despite the high court having recently ruled giving churches temporary relief under the belief that that it was no longer mandatory for church members to get jabbed in order to attend church. By Michael Gwarisa Briefing journalists during post cabinet media briefing, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister, Senator Monca Mutsvangwa said the risk of transmission was still high in paces of gathering and the church gatherings would not exceed 50% of the churches’ holding…

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Education On Brink Of Collapse: 16 Million May Never Return- Report

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A new report by Save the Children has revealed that hundreds of millions of children around Africa and other parts of world are still out of school two years after the pandemic was reported and many might never return to school in the foreseeable future due a myriad of factors ranging from COVID-19, Climate change, a lack of COVID-19 vaccines, displacement and attacks on schools. HealthTimes Reporter According to the report, countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Nigeria, Somalia, Afghanistan, South Sudan, Sudan, Mali, and Libya have…

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Zim Records Lowest New Daily Deaths For The First Time in the Third Wave

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Zimbabwe has recorded the lowest number of deaths since the COVID-19 third wave hit the country in June. Health Reporter According to the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) Daily Situational Reported the country recorded 49 new cases and 2 deaths on 12 September 2021. Commenting through a social media platform Dr Grant Murewanhema, a local public Health Expert and Epidemiologist advised the nation to get vaccinated and continue observing the World Health Organization and the national lockdown so as to keep the numbers down. “We must pray and…

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Avenues Clinic Holds Minute Of Silence To Honour Frontline Health Workers Who Succumbed To COVID-19

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THE Avenues Clinic has observed a moment of silence for all doctors, nurses and other health workers who lost their lives due to COVID-19. By Patricia Mashiri Speaking during the event, Heath Dhana, the Chief Executive Officer, Medical Investment Limited said COVID-19 had affected everyone differently. It’s a bit of a solemn occasion as we come together today in this time of so much pain and hardship that has been caused by the COVID-19. Almost one of us here has been touched somewhere by the brutality of this pandemic. As…

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Private Sector Welcomes Avenues Clinic COVID-19 Vaccination Drive

Michael Gwarisa

THE Avenues Clinic vaccination program which commenced three weeks ago has received an overwhelming response from corporates and private sector employees. Speaking to HealthTimes, Avenues Clinic Corporate Affairs Officer, Cordelia Shereni said a total 2459 have been fully vaccinated at their facilities while 2307 have received the first dose and they inoculate over 200 per day. In support of the Government’s efforts to make the Covid-19 vaccine easily accessible to the public, Medical Investments Limited (MIL) set up two Covid-19 vaccination sites. The sites were set up with the assistance…

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Zim Vaccination Momentum Fading After Easing Of Lockdown

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THE relaxation of COVID-19 containment measures over the past two weeks and the downgrading of the lockdown restrictions from level 4 to level 2 have resulted in the reduction in daily COVID-19 vaccination numbers, a development experts fear could work against the country’s target of attaining herd immunity by December 2021. By Patricia Mashiri and Michael Gwarisa Even though the numbers seem to be on an upward trajectory, data from the Ministry of Health vaccination figures since beginning of September show an inconsistently fluctuating trend. Figures from Daily Situation reports…

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National Lockdown relaxed

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PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced a relaxation on the National COVID-19 lockdown following a decrease in daily average deaths from twenty to ten. By Patricia Mahsiri Through a televised address, President Mnangagwa said, “The marked decline cases and deaths is a clear demonstration that government’s careful implementation of public health and social measures including lockdowns in collaboration with all sectors and stakeholders is paying off. I’m therefore reducing a relaxation of the current level 4 lockdown to level 2. The realization includes but not limited to the following measures. A…

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