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Bulawayo Bureau The Government has said it is no longer mandatory to wear face masks indoors, but highly recommended, a pronouncement that has seen education authorities saying pupils must continue to wear them. Last Friday, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared that Covid-19 was no longer a public health emergency of international concern. However, WHO […]

Health Reporter Botswana has with immediate effect relaxed Covid-19 rules that made the wearing of masks in outdoor spaces mandatory, along with other protocols as the Government pushes for increased economic activity in the wake of the global crisis. In a statement, the Ministry of Health spokesperson Dr Chistopher Nyanga said the decision was backed […]

 Ivan Zhakata Herald Correspondent JAPAN through the World Food Programme (WFP) has donated US$500 000 to complement food security in Zimbabwe’s vulnerable communities. Japanese ambassador Mr Satoshi Tanaka said they will continue to help Zimbabwe in ensuring food security in line with the thrust to be a self-sufficient country by 2030. “In collaboration with WFP, […]

A religious body, Corporate Chaplaincy Services, is offering free religious and counselling services to companies in a bid to deal with trauma caused in workers by the Covid-19 pandemic and other stress related to the workplace and home.

Mukudzei Chingwere in NYANGA  Nyanga has embraced the re-opening of the tourism sector and is now ready to host a variety of tourism activities without risking the import and export of the Covid-19 virus, health workers here have said.  This comes as more than 72 percent of the eligible population of the district have entered […]

Health Reporter Zimbabwe on Monday reported 184 new Covid-19 cases and three deaths as new infections continue to gradually increase with 45 of the new cases reported from outbreaks detected in schools in Matabeleland North and Matabeleland South. This brings the total number of active cases to 939. Harare reported the highest number of new […]

Health Reporter Health authorities in Botswana have announced that the country has recorded four cases of new mutations of the Covid-19 Omicron variant. The Omicron variant, which was also first reported in the Southern African country, was declared a variant of concern by the World Health Organisation last year owing to its highly unusual profile […]

Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau Travellers vaccinated against Covid-19 may with immediate effect now travel through the country’s ports of entry and exit after the Government put in place the necessary legal instruments in line with the latest Cabinet decision. This follows the gazetting of the new regulations by the Minister of Health and Child Care […]

Lesego Valela Features Writer A total of 4 401 450 people have received their first Covid-19 vaccine doses with 165 108 receiving the third jab since the vaccination programme started in February last year.According to the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MOHCC) as at March 16,  a  some 4 345 people were vaccinated with their first […]

Lesego Valela Features Writer Over 5000 people have died of Covid -19 in Zimbabwe since the first case was reported in 2020. As at March 16 2022, one death was reported bringing the total number of deaths to 5 417. According to the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MOHCC) as at March 16, Harare Province […]

Joe Myers How COVID-19 is affecting the globe Confirmed cases of COVID-19 have passed 457.9 million globally, according to Johns Hopkins University. The number of confirmed deaths has now passed 6.04 million. More than 10.86 billion vaccination doses have been administered globally, according to Our World in Data. France is to start offering a fourth […]

William A. Haseltine SARS-CoV-2 infection can damage many organs other than the lungs. The most troubling is damage to the brain. A series of recent studies document long term brain-damage in as many as one quarter of all those infected regardless of the severity of the initial disease. Those numbers are daunting considering that an […]

As of March 16, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 11,323,663 while over 262,089,426 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Reported deaths in Africa reached 250,932 and 10,450,589 people have recovered. South Africa has the most reported cases of 3,696,823 and 99,727 people died. Other most-affected countries are Morocco (1,162,236) […]

Some Zimbabweans have developed mask fatigue with some no longer using the non-pharmaceutical preventative measure against Covid-19.

The connection between a higher level of estrogen and a lower risk of mortality from COVID-19 continues to be of interest to the scientific community.