Day: February 16, 2021

#JUSTIN: Zim Vaccine Rollout Starts Thursday As South African COVID-19 Variant Dominates Local Infections

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CABINET has announced that rollout of the 200 000 doses of the Sinopharm Vaccine which arrived yesterday from China will commence on Thursday, 18 February, 2021. HealthTimes Reporter The announcement also come at the back of revelations that there is now a 61% dominance of the new South African variant of the COVID-19 virus which spreads faster and has a higher fatality rate. This was revealed following   results of the genomic sequencing recently conducted indicate that the type of COVID-19 virus that the nation had in 2020 has receded.…

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Zimbabwe’s Health care system exhausted by most recent COVID-19 wave

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FOLLOWING a recent spike in COVID-19-related cases and deaths, Zimbabwe’s already struggling health system is buckling under the pressure. In several facilities, health workers are operating without adequate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), medication, equipment and oxygen and, with an existing and ongoing shortage of nurses and doctors, most health centres are unable to operate at full capacity, putting added pressure on those who are able to work. By Staff Reporter With the anticipated continuation of surges in COVID-19 cases, appropriate preventative and preparative measures must be put in place in…

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Zimbabwe Hosts Virtual COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Training For Health Workers

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THE Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) through technical support from the World Health Oraganisation (WHO) have held a virtual training workshop to equip health workers with technical skills and information to implement the forthcoming vaccination rollout country wide. By Staff Reporter The training also comes hot on heels of the arrival of 200 000 doses of the Sinopharm Vaccine from China whose rollout of the to commence anytime this week. Speaking during the virtual meeting, Ministry of Health and Child Care Director of Epidemiology & Disease Control, Dr…

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Include Journalists In The COVID-19 Priority Vaccine Rollout Says MISA

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THE Media Institute of Southern Africa Zimbabwe (MISA Zimbabwe) has called upon government to prioritise and also include journalists among the first priority groups listed for the COVID-19 vaccination rollout programme. Staff Reporter Speaking through their virtual platforms, MISA said Journalists were an equal risk of contracting the Coronavirus as other sectors that have been declared essential sectors. Our request is informed by the fact that the media was declared an essential service in terms of Zimbabwe’s COVID-19 regulations. Journalists, together with other essential priority groups, are frontline workers that…

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