ZTN Correspondent President of the United States of America, Donald Trump has announced that he and his wife have tested positive for the coronavirus. Trump (74) falls into the highest risk category for serious complications from the disease, which has killed more than 200,000 Americans and more than 1 million people worldwide. “Tonight, @FLOTUS and […]
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ZTN Correspondent Eighteen more deaths due to Covid-19 have been recorded between Thursday last week and Tuesday this week after tests during post-mortems, taking the total national death toll to 122. In its daily report yesterday (Wednesday), the Ministry of Health and Child Care said the patients died in the community and on admission to […]
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ZTN Correspondent Zimbabwe should not lower its guard in the fight against Covid-19, as cases of the virus continue to rapidly increase, the country’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa warned on Monday. He said this in a televised 40th Heroes Day Anniversary speech. According to latest data from the Health Ministry, 104 people have died from the […]
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Kimberleigh Jiro The national death toll from Covid-19 now stands at 80 as 10 more people succumbed to the disease yesterday. To date Zimbabwe has 4,075 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, with 154 new cases all of which are local transmissions and have been isolated. According to the daily Covid-19 report by the Ministry of […]
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Lloyd Ndemo Harare City Council has temporarily closed Town House and three other buildings after some members of staff tested positive for Covid-19. Rowan Martin, Cleveland House and Remembrance Drive offices are the other buildings that have been affected. Acting Mayor Councillor Enock Mupamawonde said all committee and management meetings will be done virtually to […]
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ZTN Correspondent Zimbabwe’s Covid-19 cases have breached the 1 000 mark, as the death toll rose to 19 on Monday. The death was detected in the latest case postmortem. “We await the full postmortem report of the direct cause of the death,” the Health Ministry said in a statement. A total of 49 new cases […]
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ZTN Correspondent Zimbabwe on Saturday recorded five Covid-19 cases post-mortem as its death toll from the disease reached 18. And 13 health workers were among 40 Zimbabweans confirmed Covid-19 positive in the latest round of tests. The five deaths occurred in Bulawayo and Harare, and the disease was “detected during routine post-mortem (examination)”, the Health […]
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ZTN Correspondent Zimbabwe’s Covid-19 cases have risen by 98 in 24 hours – the highest spike since the country recorded its first case in March 2020. This takes the country’s tally to 885 cases. Of the new cases 47 are local while the remainder are returnees from Botswana (28), South Africa (22), and Swaziland (one). The […]
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ZTN Correspondent Zimbabwe has now recorded six Covid-19 deaths after two patients succumbed to the disease in Bulawayo and the Midlands. In its daily update, Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Health and Child Care said, “Today, we regret to report two (2) deaths. One is a facility death and the other is a community death; both females […]
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ZTN Correspondent Zimbabwe’s Covid-19 cases have breached the 400 mark with the latest 10 infections all being returnees from South Africa. So far the pandemic has killed four people and 63 others have recovered. “To date the total number of confirmed cases is 401, recovered 61, active cases 334 and four deaths since the onset […]
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