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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Ndakaziva Majaka CIVIL servants in Zimbabwe are set to get a USD75 COVID-19 allowance over the next three months. They have also been awarded a 50 percent salary increment. The country’s Treasury on Wednesday also announced that pensioners will receive a flat, non-taxable, COVID-19 allowance of USD30 per month. “Government would therefore wish to advise […]
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Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared a national day of prayer and fasting “to seek God’s mercy, wisdom, help and healing to overcome” Covid-19. In an address on Thursday, he also said up to 50 congregants are now allowed to “gather for the purpose of worship”. “…I, therefore, proclaim 15 June 2020 as the Presidential […]
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ZTN Correspondent Twenty-eight Zimbabwean returnees tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday, raising fears that quarantine centres are now “hotspots”. All the returnees are from South Africa. Cumulatively, returnees now account for well over half of Zimbabwe’s 265 cases. Zimbabwe recorded its first Covid-19 case in March 2020, and figures remained relatively low for nearly two […]
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Mirirai Nsingo Zimbabwe’s Covid-19 positive cases now stand at 237 after 15 returnees tested positive on Thursday. According to a Ministry of Health and Child Care report the cases are all of returnees from South Africa. With returnees now constituting the bulk of the country’s Covid-19 cases health experts warn that measures must be out […]
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ZTN Correspondent Teachers in Zimbabwe have described the holding of public examinations in June this year as risky. The country’s examinations body announced that national Ordinary and Advanced level examinations will start on Tuesday, June 30th. But educators are concerned that holding the examinations without addressing prevention measures may expose both candidates and invigilators to […]
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Police have tightened Covid-19 lockdown conditions of getting into the central business district in Harare, in a move which has seen several cars and individuals being turned back home. Contacted for comment, Police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said he was locked up in a meeting to regularize the lockdown operations currently underway. The move […]
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