Category: COVID-19

Johnson & Johnson Submits Covid Vaccine For WHO Emergency Use Approval
Johnson & Johnson has submitted data to apply for emergency use listing of its coronavirus vaccine at the World Health Organization, a move that w [...]

Human Rights Lawyers Warns Govt Against Using Zimbabweans As Chinese Vaccine ‘Guinea Pigs’
The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has written a letter to the Ministry of Health and Child Care demanding an assurance that clinical trials [...]

South Africa To Ban Those With Fake Covid-19 Certificates For Five Years
The South African Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has said 20 land borders leading into South Africa will be opened on Monday but quickly point [...]

Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa Says Vaccination Roll-out Plan Complete – Who Will Get It First?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced that the COVID-19 Vaccination Framework has been developed and finalised for the roll out of the vaccine.
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Russian Diamond Giant to Donate Covid-19 Vaccine to Zimbabwe, Angola
Russian diamond producer Alrosa PJSC will buy and donate the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccines to Angola and Zimbabwe to help these nations' inoculation [...]

WHO clears Chinese Labs for Corona Virus Leaks
World Health Organization (WHO) head of experts Dr. Peter Ben Embarek on Tuesday released the first details of the group's fact-finding mission into t [...]

RwandAir suspends Zimbabwe route over Covid-19 variant fears
RwandAir has suspended flights to Zimbabwe with effect from today (Monday, 8 February 2021) due to fears of COVID-19 variants.
In a statement, the ai [...]

Sparks fly as Mnangagwa, Chiwenga throws Mthuli Ncube under the bus for Covid Vaccines remarks
Finance minister Mthuli Ncube suffered a humiliating slap down Thursday after Vice President Constantino Chiwenga and President Emmerson Mnangagwa – o [...]

Zimbabwe’s ambassador to UAE Ndlovu dies after Covid-19 complications
Zimbabwe’s ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Jerry Ndlovu has died.
The former general manager of the Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporat [...]

Strive Masiyiwa says Africa will get 1 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccine by December
The African Union Special Envoy on the COVID crisis, Strive Masiyiwa, has said that Africa will get more than 1 billion doses of vaccines by December [...]