Tag: COVID-19

RETRACTION: Use of Wrong Picture In The Story “Hotel Boots Out Coronavirus Suspect Soon After Arrival From China…Tow More Cases Admitted”

Michael Gwarisa

WE would like to apologise for the use of a wrong picture in the our article “Hotel Boots Out Coronavirus Suspect Soon After Arrival From China…Tow More Cases Admitted” We would like to state that the Asian nationals in the picture  wearing masks are not the Covid-19 suspects in the article but a picture from our files and for that we would like to issue our formal apology to the family. We have since deleted the picture from our website and all our social media platforms. Any convenience caused is…

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#JUSTIN: Hotel Boots Out Coronavirus Suspect Soon After Arrival From China…Two More Cases Admitted At Wilkins

Michael Gwarisa

A local hotel has turned away a female Chinese national who had just arrived in the country for suspicions of Coronavirus (Covid-19) infection, HealthTimes has learnt. By Michael Gwarisa The lady  according to the Harare City Health department was picked up along Bishop Gaul in Belvedere Harare with her bags after she was turned away from where she wanted to book. Harare City Health department director, Dr Prosper Chonzi said they today admitted two Covid-19 suspected cases, a lady and a 52 year old Chinese man who had come in…

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#JUST: Fugitive Thai Coronavirus Suspect Resurfaces

Michael Gwarisa

THE 26 year old Thai man who made headlines yesterday after escaping from isolation has handed himself over to Wilkins hospital where he is currently being monitored. Harare City’s Health Director, Dr Prosper Chonzi told ZTN that they are currently detaining him. “We are keeping him until we get results. Physically his temperature is normal and he doesn’t have any symptoms. The police are happy that he is now back at Wilkins Hospital,” he said. Share on:

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#BREAKING: Health Ministry Issues Coronavirus Travel Advice

Michael Gwarisa

THE Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) has issued an official warning statement to all travellers intending to visit the country in the wake of the prevailing Coronavirus (COVID-19). By Michael Gwarisa In a statement, health ministry permanent secretary, Dr Agnes Mahomva said the travel advice was a warning to to visitors who have been to countries with confirmed cases of the COVID-19. As part of its efforts to strengthen Zimbabwe’s fight against the spread of COVID-19 from affected countries, government hereby advises that as a country, we continue…

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UK Govt Commits USD2, 1 million For Coronavirus Preparedness

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THE United Kingdom (UK) Government’s Department for International Development is chipping in with £1, 7 million for the setting up of Zimbabwe’s Public Health Emergency Operation Centre as the country prepares for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). By Kudakwashe Pembere The equipment is worth USD2197156.50 and includes computers and protective clothing.  Health and Child Care Minister Dr Obadiah Moyo giving his acceptance speech said this gesture showed how the British government is keen on supporting Zimbabwe’s health sector. We are very grateful to you the head of mission. This is exactly…

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#BREAKING: South Africa Records First Coronavirus Case

Michael Gwarisa

THE South Africa health ministry has announced its first positive Coronavirus case. In a statement, the country’s Ministry of Health spokesperson, Popo Maja, said the case was detected by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) of a 38old male patient who had travelled to Italy with his wife. The patient consulted a private General Practitioner on March 3, with symptoms of fever, headache, malaise, a sore throat and a cough. The practice nurse took swabs and delivered it to the lab where it was tested positive,” said Maja. He…

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Stop Discriminating Asians For Coronavirus-WHO Warns

Michael Gwarisa

THE World Health Organisation (WHO) Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has called for calm in the face of growing stigma and discrimination against people frOm China, and other Asian countries where the Coronavirus (COVID-19) has wrecked havoc. By Michael Gwarisa Through his Mircroblogging site (Twitter), Dr Tedros said this was a time for unity in the face of one common enemy COVID-19. It’s appalling to see new reports of people being targeted due to their race, ethnicity or purported association with #COVID19. @WHO once again calls for an end…

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Stock Up More ARVs To Combat Coronavirus- Gvt Told

Michael Gwarisa

THE Community Working Group on Health (CWGH) Executive Director, Mr Itai Rusike has urged government to mobilse enough financial resources to procure Kaletra, an Antiretroviral (ARV) drug that has proven effective in treating Coronavirus (COVID-19) as part of its preparedness to deal with the deadly bug. By Michael Gwarisa The disease has hit at least 70 countries, with 90,000 cases and 3,100 deaths. The vast majority of cases and deaths have been in China. While the number of new cases recorded daily in that epicenter country has declined for weeks,…

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Three Reasons Why The Self-Quarantine Model Won’t Work In Zimbabwe

Michael Gwarisa

THE death toll from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) has now reached alarming proportions forcing the World Health Orgnasation (WHO) to escalate the of the flue like bug to “Very High” a move that could soon see WHO declaring the disease as a pandemic.  By Michael Gwarisa The WHO said it was too early to call the outbreak a pandemic but countries should be “in a phase of preparedness.”  A pandemic is when an infectious disease spreads easily from person to person in many parts of the world. To date, the Covic-19…

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Zim Faces Surgical Masks Shortage…As Panic Over Coronavirus Grows

Michael Gwarisa

ZIMBABWE could soon be facing an acute shortage of surgical masks and other consumables amidst indications of  panic buying by Chinese nationals as they try to boost stocks in their home country in the face of the ravaging Coronavirus (COVID-19). By Michael Gwarisa China already has 150 new confirmed coronavirus deaths according to the National Health Commission, pushing the death toll nationwide to 2,592. Demand for surgical masks has been high in China since the plague was reported late December 2019, a situation which has seen diaspora Chinese stockpiling surgical…

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