Harare (New Ziana) – Government has announced a new COVID-19 response structure headed by Vice President and Health and Child Care Minister General Constantino Chiwenga (Rtd), as part of efforts to fortify the national response mechanism. Vice President Chiwenga announced the new structure in a statement on Wednesday. A new Ministerial committee has been formed […]
Harare (New Ziana) – Zimbabwe has been commended for strengthening its disease management programme by incorporating the Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine (TCV) into its routine vaccine schedule for children, becoming only the third country in the world to do so after Pakistan and Liberia. Zimbabwe introduced the TCV after it embarked on an immunisation blitz targeting […]
Harare, (New Ziana) – Government on Tuesday gave an ultimatum to health workers who are yet to get vaccinated against Covid-19 to get inoculated in the next two weeks or risk losing monthly insurance payouts being paid to the workers. Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister, Monica Mutsvangwa said at least 20 percent of the […]
Harare, (New Ziana) – Zimbabwe on Tuesday imposed a two-week Level 4 lockdown as government battles a third wave of Covid-19 infections. President Emmerson Mnangagwa said the heightened lockdown takes immediate effect, and will see, among other things, government embarking on a massive vaccination blitz. “The Level 4 enhanced lockdown measures, which take immediate effect, […]