Tag: coronavirus in zimbabwe
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Government announces measures to arrest health sector brain drain
Read More: Government announces measures to arrest health sector brain drainThe Zimbabwean government has announced a set of measures meant to address the current massive brain drain facing the health sector. Nurses, doctors and other healthcare staff have been leaving for green pastures at record numbers. For years the government has been embroiled in labour disputes with healthcare workers who say they are not earning…
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Border towns rejoice as government announces plans to reopen
Read More: Border towns rejoice as government announces plans to reopenZimbabwe’s land borders have been closed for months following the advent of the third wave. The Zimbabwean government has however been slowly reopening as the third wave appears to be subsiding. Recently the government allowed pubs, bars and nightclubs to reopen. They also announced that they were planning to reopen the country’s land borders to…
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Nyaradzo struggling to handle the surge in deaths due to COVID-19
Read More: Nyaradzo struggling to handle the surge in deaths due to COVID-19The third wave has hit Zimbabwe hard with deaths surging to never seen before levels. Yesterday alone Zimbabwe officially recorded over 30 deaths attributed to COVID-19 this is in addition to the usual death toll. This has hit funeral service providers like Nyaradzo hard, prompting Nyaradzo’s CEO to make another plea asking people to adhere…
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Here Is Zimbabwe’s Vaccine Roll Out Plan
Read More: Here Is Zimbabwe’s Vaccine Roll Out PlanSo this morning Zimbabwe received its first vaccine batch. A whole 200 000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine from China. That’s the first glimmer of hope we have had since the whole pandemic began and naturally with more doses expected the attention has turned to how this vaccine will be administered. Well here is Zimbabwe’s…
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“COVID-19 Vaccines Will Be Free To Zimbabwe Citizens,” Mthuli Ncube
Read More: “COVID-19 Vaccines Will Be Free To Zimbabwe Citizens,” Mthuli NcubeMthuli Ncube has done a u-turn and issued a statement saying that COVID-19 vaccines will be administered freely to all Zimbabwean citizens. This is after he made some statements to the effect that some private citizens would be required to pay in order to get the vaccine. These outrageous utterances were not well received by…
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Stingy Mthuli Ncube Is Undermining The Fight Against Coronavirus
Read More: Stingy Mthuli Ncube Is Undermining The Fight Against CoronavirusPro-government individuals are always praising Mthuli Ncube for achieving a budget surplus during his tenure as the Minister of Finance. That is probably because these individuals are not well-versed in economics. You cannot judge the well-being of an economy by just looking at one macro-economic metric and arriving at the conclusion that all is well.…
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When The Vaccine Comes To Zimbabwe It Will Be Given To Ministers First
Read More: When The Vaccine Comes To Zimbabwe It Will Be Given To Ministers FirstEven though Zimbawe is going to be obtaining it’s COVID-19 vaccine from through the African Union in the coming months there is no set plan on how the vaccine roll out will work. This has led to the government being for yet another failure. Experts warn that vaccines have to be rolled out in carefully…
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#Watch Video: Mthuli Ncube Is Lying We Are Not OK
Read More: #Watch Video: Mthuli Ncube Is Lying We Are Not OKThe last word you would use to describe Zimbabwe’s health systems is strong and yet that is the word Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube used in an interview with international media last year. This is despite the fact that most people cannot afford treatment with most hospitals already full or charging a fortune. Nurses and doctors…
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African Countries Will Pay Between US$3-10 Per COVID-19 Vaccine Dose
Read More: African Countries Will Pay Between US$3-10 Per COVID-19 Vaccine DoseAs Zimbabwe and other countries wait for the latest vaccine batch to arrive concern has turned to the cost of acquiring this vaccine. The good news provided by the fact that there is now a vaccine is being tapered by the fear that that obtaining the vaccine will create a debt burden that African countries…