Category: #COVID19

#JUSTIN: 9 ZUPCO Employees Test Positive For COVID-19

Michael Gwarisa

AT least nine Zimbabwe Passengers Company (ZUPCO) employees have tested positive for COVID-19. By Michael Gwarisa This was confirmed in statement by the company’s Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mr Evaristo Madangwa who indicated that majority of the employees who had tested were from the cash office. The Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) conducted a screening at Willovale Depot on July, 29, 2020. Nine ZUPCO employees most of them from the Cash Office were unfortunately found to be COVID-19 positive. “One other employee at Belvedare Head Office has…

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Asking For USD Salaries Is Insane, Gvt Tells Senior Doctors

Michael Gwarisa

THE Acting Permanent secretary in the ministry of health and child care (MoHCC) Dr Gibson Mhlanga has described demands by senior doctors to have their salaries paid in United States Dollars (USD) as insanity. By Michael Gwarisa In a response to a letter that was penned by the Zimbabwe Senior Hospital Doctors Association’s (SHDA) executive where they gave government a 14 days ultimatum to fix the salaries issue and shortage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Dr Mhlanga said the US salary route was unsustainable and proven failed option. Senior Doctors…

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#JUSTIN: Agriculture Minister Perrance Shiri Dies

Michael Gwarisa

ZIMBABWE’S minister of agriculture, Air Chief Marshall (rtd) Perrance has died. HealthTimes Reporter Confirming the death, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said, “I am deeply saddened to inform the Nation of the death of the Minister of Agriculture, Air Chief Marshall (rtd) Perrance Shiri, a long time friend and colleague. Cde Shiri was a true patriot, who devoted his life to the liberation, independence and service of his country. May his soul rest in peace.”

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#JUSTIN: Zim MPs Test Positive For COVID-19

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TWO members Zimbabwean Members of Parliament (MPs) have tested positive for COVID-19. HealthTimes According to Clerk of Parliament Kennedy Chokuda confirmed,  Parliament has since suspended business after two legislators and a journalist tested positive for Covid-19, The legislators were part of a delegation of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Transport who were on field visits across the country. The driver of a bus hired by the legislators for the visit also tested positive for the virus. Everyone who was part of that team is now in self-quarantine in line with…

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#TalkingCOVID-19WithDrGrant: Increasing Covid-19 Infections Among Healthcare Workers: A Serious Cause For Concern

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Dr Grant Murewanhema

THIS past week has seen the highest number of COVID-19 infections being reported in Zimbabwe. The figures have gone beyond 2400, with a tilt in the balance of cases towards more local than imported. Indeed, Zimbabwe is witnessing community transmission which has the potential to explode into a full-blown disaster in the following few weeks. Regrettably, fatalities from the disease have also gone up, and stand officially at 34. By Dr Grant Murewanhema Our healthcare system is extremely fragile at the moment, and continues to fall by the day. Nurses…

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13 Corpses Test Positive For COVID-19 At Parirenyatwa Hospital

Michael Gwarisa

A total of 13 dead bodies that were brought in at Parirenyatwa Hospital have tested positive for COVID-19. By Michael Gwarisa In an update, the hospital also indicated that 70 staff members from the health institution have so far tested positive for the virus. For the period 9 June 2020 up to 25 July 2020, 60 COVID-19 positive patients have been admitted. For the period under review, 70 staff members have tested positive for COVID-19, of which 64 are from non-COVID-19 areas while six work directly in the COVID-19 centre.…

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#JUSTIN: Avenues Clinic Nurse Tests Positive For COVID-19

Michael Gwarisa

A nurse at Avenues Clinic has tested positive for COVID-19 after attending to a COVID-19 positive patient who had been admitted in the casualty section. By Michael Gwarisa In a communication to the institution’s stakeholders, The Avenues Clinic Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mr Searchmore Chaparadza said the nurse tested positive after taking a Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test. Management would like to advise stakeholders of a COVID-19 incident that occurred within the Accident and emergency unit of the Avenues Clinic. One of our nursing staff members tested positive for COVID-19…

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#JUSTIN: Don’t Use Lockdwon To Clampdown On Human Rights, United Nations Warns Zim Government

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THE United Human Rights , Office of the High Commissioner (UNOCHR) has warned the government of Zimbabwe against clamping down on human rights under guise of lockdown restrictions. HealthTimes In a statement, the United Nations Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights,  Liz Throssell  said they were concerned at allegations in Zimbabwe, which suggest that the authorities may be using the COVID-19 pandemic as a pretext to clamp down on freedom of expression and freedom of peaceful assembly and association. Among the latest incidents, investigative journalist Hopewell Chin’ono…

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Relief for Zim as mobile covid-19 test laboratories arrive

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HARARE – Zimbabwe will soon be able to detect new coronavirus cases at its borders following the arrival of mobile test laboratories in the country. HealthTimes Reporter Strive Masiyiwa, the African Union (AU) Special Envoy, said he acquired the laboratories to help Zimbabwe deal with the rising number of Covid-19 cases. The southern African country, which is experiencing its worst economic crisis in a decade, is struggling to deal with the deadly coronavirus pandemic that has so far claimed 26 lives and affected over 2 000 people. A few weeks…

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President must appoint Minister of Health and a Substantive Secretary of Health

Michael Gwarisa

THE Community Working Group on Health (CWGH) has implored President Emmerson Mnangagwa to urgently appoint a minister of Health and Substantive Secretary of Health. By Michael Gwarisa CWGH Executive Director, Mr Itai Rusike said the health ministry can not continue to run on auto pilot. Without a Minister of Health and Child Care (MOHCC) and a substantive Secretary for Health, surely the health ministry is on auto-pilot drive. And the situation on the ground is telling. That there is no Minister of Health to lead from the front to deal…

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