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Zim Records 37 Covid-19 Cases And 12 Recoveries
The government has recorded an increase in Covid-19 positive cases and recoveries as the world continues to fight against the pandemic.
In a daily update released yesterday by the Ministry of Health and Child Care, out of the 834 rapid…
Zim Records Nine COVID-19 Recoveries As Experts Advise More Measures
The government yesterday confirmed a total of nine COVID-19 recoveries with the latest four all from Harare.
In a daily update, the Ministry of Health and Child Care said the recoveries were confirmed through two consecutive PCR negative…
Zim Goes One Week Without New COVID-19 Cases
Zimbabwe has gone for more than a week without recording new COVID-19 cases as the country has intensified the containment of the spread of the virus which has reached four million cases worldwide.
The country partially returned to…
Coronavirus: why South Africa needs a wealth tax now
Aroop Chatterjee, University of the Witwatersrand; Amory Gethin, and Léo Czajka
The consequences of the COVID-19 lockdown are yet to be fully determined and understood. But one thing we can be fairly certain of – in South Africa its…
WHO Urges Sub-Saharan Africa Countries To Urgently Address Malaria Outbreak
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged countries to move fast and distribute malaria prevention and treatment tools at this stage of the COVID-19 outbreak in sub-Saharan Africa, and to do their utmost to safely maintain these…
Malaria Silently Claiming Lives In Zim
While Zimbabwe and the rest of the world is busy fighting COVID-19 pandemic, 131 people have died of malaria from the more than 135 000 infected since the beginning of 2020.
In a Twitter update on Saturday, The Ministry of Health and…
Cassava HealthTech launches Maisha Medik digital health platform
Cassava HealthTech has launched the Maisha Medik digital health platform that will be accessible through a mobile application (App) that is set to enhance Zimbabwe’s healthcare delivery sector.
Cassava HealthTech, a subsidiary of…
ICU ventilators: what they are, how they work and why it’s hard to make more
Berto Pandolfo, University of Technology Sydney
Around the world, people are racing to design and manufacture much-needed ventilators to address a global lack of supply. One New York hospital has reportedly attempted treating two…
VAYA provides critical transport relief during the lockdown
The outbreak of COVID-19 Coronavirus has forced many countries, including Zimbabwe, to impose 21 to 30-day restrictive lockdown periods - some even longer, where the epidemic has been more widespread. The lockdowns are designed to protect…
Masiyiwa donates 45 Ventilator ICU sets to Zimbabwe, urges big businesses to step in & help
Businessman Strive Masiyiwa has donated 45 Ventilator Intensive Care Unit (ICU) suites to Zimbabwe in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
Masiyiwa, who has been leading a campaign to help African countries head off the potentially…