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Grace Mahora Features Writer A TOTAL of 5 399 people have succumbed to Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic early last year with 60 deaths recorded on March 6. All 60 deaths are from all the country ‘s 10 provinces. According to the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MOHCC), the country had recorded […]
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TODAY, Zimbabwe joins the world to commemorate International Women’s Day 2022. Coming at a time the world is coming out of the Covid-19 pandemic, this year’s theme is “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow #Breaking the bias” Women have for years faced various challenges that include unequal access to education, jobs and reproductive health […]
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Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau Ordinary travellers who are fully vaccinated against Covd-19 may now travel across the country’s land borders after Government put in place the necessary legal instruments in line with the latest Cabinet decision. This follows the gazetting on the new regulations by the Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Kazembe Kazembe […]
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Zimbabwe has vaccinated over 40 percent of its eligible population against Covid-19 and also boasts a number of towns and cities that have achieved herd immunity, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Friday. Zimbabwe’s widely commended vaccination programme kicked off in February 2021 utilising Chinese, Russian, and Indian-made vaccines. On Tuesday this week, Zimbabwe […]
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Harare — As of February 1, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 10,849,438 while over 212,786,235 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Reported deaths in Africa reached 238,939 and 9,728,469 people have recovered. South Africa has the most reported cases 3,605,222 and 95,093 people died. Other most-affected countries are Morocco […]
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TOKYO – Japanese trading and pharmaceuticals company Kowa Co Ltd (7807.T) on Monday said that anti-parasite drug ivermectin showed an “antiviral effect” against Omicron and other coronavirus variants in joint non-clinical research. The company, which has been working with Tokyo’s Kitasato University on testing the drug as a potential treatment for COVID-19, did not provide […]
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South Africa has a new set of Covid-19 rules that, as promised, drop all isolation requirements for coronavirus carriers who are asymptomatic. The 10-day period of self-isolation for those with symptoms has also been reduced to seven, as promised – unless a doctor says otherwise. But for those with a positive test and symptoms, […]
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Filipa Henderson Sousa Back in early 2020, if you got ill with COVID there were no proven treatments for doctors to give you – it was one of the main things that made this disease so scary. Fast forward to 2021 and scientists have since uncovered a handful of options, but the hunt is continuing. […]
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Sifelani Tsiko Innovations Editor A final-year University of Zimbabwe masters’ electrical engineering student has designed an automated trolley disinfection machine to help fight Covid -19 pandemic at the country’s major shopping malls. Tafadzwa Kavumbura, a final year Masters’ in Mechatronics and Artificial student developed a disinfection machine called the “Trolley Doctor” to help combat […]
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The World Health Organization (WHO) warned Tuesday that the huge amount of medical waste produced as a result of tackling the COVID-19 pandemic poses a threat to human and environmental health.
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Experts already know that Omicron is the most transmissible SARS-CoV-2 variant, but a new study has found that it survives longer than any previous variant on plastic surfaces and skin.
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There’s new research that hints at four different factors that could increase your chances of getting long COVID-19 symptoms.
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Another 92,368 coronavirus cases were reported for the UK on Monday - a steep rise on the previous day due to a reporting method change.
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Coronavirus isolation rules are about to change significantly, the government announced on Monday night.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has changed its guidelines about masks and respirators a number of times over the past two years and gave its most recent update on Jan. 14, 2022.
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