HEALTH

Vatican City has issued a stern warning to workers that they risk losing their jobs if they refuse to get a Covid-19 vaccination without legitimate health reasons. Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello, effectively the governor of Vatican City…

The MDC- T has implored the government to ensure that adequate mechanics are put in place in order to safeguard the Covid-19 vaccines from being highjacked by powerful cartels. In a statement after yesterday’s Standing Committee meeting…

In a historic moment for South Africa, President Cyril Ramaphosa has received his COVID-19 jab. The country’s first citizen is with of a group of health workers being vaccinated at the Khayelitsha District Hospital in Cape Town on…

Former Zimbabwean Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara says if the Chinese were in a proactive and empowering partnership with Harare, clinical trials should have been done on the Sinopharm vaccine against the virulent SA Covid-19 variant…

Zimbabwe has received its first batch of coronavirus vaccines with the arrival early Monday of an Air Zimbabwe jet carrying 200 000 Sinopharm doses donated by the People’s Republic of China. It is one of China’s first shipments of vaccines…

The South African Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has said 20 land borders leading into South Africa will be opened on Monday but quickly pointed out that anyone caught with a fake COVID-19 certificate will be banned from entering…

The chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Health Ruth Labode has said the national lockdown must go now to save the ailing economy. The call is made ahead of President Mnangagwa’s scheduled review of the lockdown…

The Minister of Health and Child Care Constantino Chiwenga has announced that the Covid-19 national vaccination programme is voluntary, free of charge and will kick-off next week. In a statement issued on Friday, the health ministry said…

The Zimbabwe Human Rights (ZHR) NGO Forum yesterday petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa to grant a presidential pardon to some prisoners in order to decongest the prison facilities amid Covid-19 surge. The petition was delivered at the…

The ruling party ZANU PF has postponed a politburo meeting amid fears that attending party bigwigs would be infected with Covid-19 as no measures had been put in place to protect them. The routine monthly meeting had been called to discuss,…

Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife Mary Mubaiwa has filed an appeal at the Supreme Court challenging a High Court decision refusing to release her passport to enable her travel to South Africa for treatment. She is facing…

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said life in Zimbabwe “can only” return to normality when the majority of Zimbabweans has been vaccinated. The pandemic has disrupted normal life as members of the public are now expected to wear face…

High Court judge Justice Felistas Chatukuta has struck off the roll an urgent chamber application filed by the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights), seeking to compel the government to provide a vaccine roll-out plan. ZimRights…

Government has announced the plan to vaccinate 10 million people against the Covid-19 virus for free, as the health system battles to reduce the threat of the global pandemic, said an official. Zimbabwe is expected to receive vaccines…

President of Rwanda Paul Kagame has issued a stern warning against delaying vaccination in Africa and the global economic consequences that will follow. In an op-ed published on 7 February on the British news website The Guardian, the…

South Africa has discovered that the over one million AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines received last week expires in three months time, not six as thought. This was only picked up when they arrived in South Africa from India. The AstraZeneca…

President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba on Friday suggested that the British government tried to coerce Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga to sign up for Covax before Zimbabwe could do its own technical assessments. He…

Zimbabwe has begun talks with Russia on procedures of taking delivery of the Russian-made Sputnik Covid-19 vaccine, as authorities continue to explore options for inoculations to combat the pandemic. This comes as the national Covid-19…

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced that he is in full support of the call for Africa to develop it's own pharmaceutical industry drawing from rich heritage based scientific knowledge and competent scientists. Speaking…

THE National Union of Mines Quarrying, Iron and Steel Workers of Zimbabwe (NUMQISWZ) has petitioned the Chinese-owned Fools Investment Mine at Hope Fountain on the outskirts of Bulawayo over poor working conditions. The mine has been in…

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has expressed his gratitude to the People's Republic of China for donating 200 000 doses of it's Covid-19 vaccine to Zimbabwe. Addressing the nation on Thursday, President Mnangagwa said: I express heartfelt…

The Zimbabwean government yesterday dropped a bombshell on its citizens with the announcement that vaccination for the pandemic will not be entirely free. Finance minister Mthuli Ncube said while vulnerable groups will be covered, “private…

Tanzania’s government, which has been criticised for its handling of the pandemic, has no plans to rollout Covid vaccines, the health minister says. The comments come days after President John Magufuli warned officials against acquiring…

ZANU PF Politburo member and Bindura North legislator Kenneth Musanhi on Wednesday violated the current lockdown restrictions by conducting a party District Coordinating Committee rally at Dawmill farm, Bindura. At the rally, the…

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has dismissed rumours that the COVID-19 vaccination program will be compulsory for all citizens. He said the arrival of one million COVID-19 vaccine doses, brings some promise that the country can…