Category: #COVID19

Now More Than Ever, We Need To Be Disciplined To Cut The Chain Of Community Transmissions

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A few weeks before Christmas I wrote an article: COVID-19 and the festive season: a time to guard against complacency; I also wrote about the need to effectively control human traffic movement into the country. Nevertheless; its now water under the bridge; we are used to reactive not proactive approaches. By Dr Grant Murewanhema At the moment we have widespread COVID-19 community transmission in Zimbabwe. We have not typed the virus, so we don’t know which strains are circulating, but anecdotally, we have a more virulent strain with a higher…

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VP Chiwenga Announces Tight Lockdown Measures

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MINISTER of Health and Child Care (MoHCC), Vice President Constantine Chiwenga has announced stricter lockdown regulations effective January 5, 2021  folowing to the recent spike in Covid 19 cases in the country. By Patson Gumbo Addressing members of the press in Harare this Saturday evening, Dr Chiwenga said Zimbabwe has seen a surge in Covid 19 cases during the festive season and it is in line with this that stiff lockdown measures are being put in place. In light of the recent surge in Covid 19 cases the following stiff…

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Zim Schools No Longer Opening On 4 January As COVID-19 Infections and Deaths Surge

Michael Gwarisa

GOVERNMENT has deviated the 2021 school Calender following a surge in new COVID-19 cases mainly due to local and community transmissions. By Michael Gwarisa In a statement, the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education Permanent Secretary, Mrs Tumisang Thabela said following the rise in COVID-19 infections and the new highly contagious variant, government has seen it fit to deviate from opening schools on 4 January further to a date to be announced. The ministry of Primary and Secondary Education would like to advice its valued learners, parents, guardians and other…

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Nine Chan Footballers Test Positive For COVID-19

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THE Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has announced that at least nine players who are part of the African Nations Championship (CHAN) provisional squad have tested positive to covid-19. HealthTimes Reporter In a statement, ZIFA Communications and Competitions Manager, Xolisani Gwesela said all the affected players have already been quarantined. In  adherence to our Covid-19 medical protocols, all players and members of the technical team were tested on Monday (28 December 2020) upon their return from festive break and the nine were ruled to have tested positive. “All the affected players…

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Zim Scientists and Business Launch Ground-breaking Tool To Eliminate COVID-19 Tests Certification Fraud

Michael Gwarisa

A local organisation, the International Covid-19 Travellers Compliance  Monitoring  Association  (ICTCMA), a consortium comprising of  Zimbabwean  doctors, laboratory  scientists,  travel agents, travellers and business people has developed a tool that is set to address the growing burden of fake COVID-19 test certificates amongst travellers. By Michael Gwarisa The new tool dubbed the International  Covid-19 Clearance  Passport is  a  multi-entry  personalized  and  securitized  booklet  that  one can  use  in up to  45  entries across the globe. Speaking to HealthTimes, Dr Masibongesonke Muloyiswa a  founding member ICTCMA said they were using  a …

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COVID-19 Testing Centers In Zimbabwe And Costs

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Please find below details of various labs, and Clinics where PCR (swab) tests can be done 1. Lancet Laboratories – cost $60 – drive through testing – Near St Anne’s – Results in 24 hours 2. Multitech Diagnostics Services- cost $50 -Corner 5th and Nelson Mandela & Corner Baines and Blakiston. Results average 6 to 12 hrs 3. Cancer Assoc of Zim – cost $60 – drive through testing – 60 Livingstone Ave – Results in 24 hours 4. BMC – cost $100 -189 Samora Machel Ave – Results in…

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Roll Out Targeted COVID-19 Vaccine Campaign, ZADHR Advises Gvt

Michael Gwarisa

THE Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR) has called for a coordinated and organised roll out of the COVID-19 vaccine campaign with an initial focus on high risk and vulnerable groups. By Michael Gwarisa Speaking through its 19th COVID-19 Monitoring and Advocacy Report, ZADHR said roll out of the vaccine should nit be rushed and the safety of citizens should be prioritized above all. The ZADHR proposes that government rolls out a targeted vaccination campaign which initially prioritizes high risk groups and the vulnerable. Furthermore, a new policy…

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Eswatini Prime Minister dies after contracting COVID-19

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Eswatini Prime Minister, Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini has died after contracting COVID-19. Dlamini became infected four weeks ago and was brought to a hospital in South Africa. He had announced on November 16 that he had tested positive but that he felt well and was asymptomatic. After being moved to South Africa, his deputy, Themba Masuku said he was “stable” and “responding well to treatment”. The 52-year-old had been Prime Minister since November 2018. Prior to that, he was the CEO of MTN Eswatini and worked in the banking sector for almost two…

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332 COVID-19 Cases Recorded in Zim Schools To Date

Michael Gwarisa

CABINET has announced that a total 332 COVID-19 cases with majority of them being asymptomatic, have been reported in both primary and secondary learning institutions in Zimbabwe. By Michael Gwarisa Briefing the media during a pots cabinet briefing, Information, publicity and broadcasting services minister, Senator Monica Mutsvangwa said the number of cases that have been reported in schools to date was still very low and there was no need to panic. In the learning institutions, a total of 332 COVID-19 cases were reported and the majority of these are asymptomatic,…

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