Day: September 7, 2021

Child Marriages Not Part Of Our Culture Says Chief Charumbira

Patricia Mashiri

ZIMBABWE Chief Council (ZCC) president, Chief Fortune Charumbira has castigated grown men who take children as their wives and described the practice as unZimbabwean. By Patricia Mashiri In an interview with HealthTimes, Chief Charumbira said men who take child brides were doing so as a disguise to abuse children and force them into marriages in the name of culture. There is no culture which promote child marriages. Long ago people married girls at the age of 20 at most. They first looked if the girl could take care of a…

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National Lockdown relaxed

Patricia Mashiri

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced a relaxation on the National COVID-19 lockdown following a decrease in daily average deaths from twenty to ten. By Patricia Mahsiri Through a televised address, President Mnangagwa said, “The marked decline cases and deaths is a clear demonstration that government’s careful implementation of public health and social measures including lockdowns in collaboration with all sectors and stakeholders is paying off. I’m therefore reducing a relaxation of the current level 4 lockdown to level 2. The realization includes but not limited to the following measures. A…

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Red Cross Clinic Opens Free Vaccination Center

Michael Gwarisa

IN a move that is likely to boost vaccines uptake among Zimbabwean citizens, the Red Cross Clinic in Harare has opened up a vaccination site that is offering vaccination services free of charge. By Michael Gwarisa The center is situated at the Red Cross Clinic close to Copacabana Clinic in the capital and since the center opened its doors to the public, numbers between 150 and 250 are being vaccinated daily with indications on the ground showing that the numbers may triple in the not-so-distant future. Briefing Journalists during press…

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HIV Positive People Should Continue ART Therapy Even After Testing Positive For COVID-19

Patricia Mashiri

PEOPLE  living with HIV (PLHIV) and on Antiretroviral treatment (ART) have been urged to continue on their medications as prescribed by their doctors even after they would have tested positive for COVID-19. By Patricia Mashiri Dr Mkholeli Ngwenya the World Health Organization Zimbabwe Technical Officer said all PLHIV should take all recommended preventative measures to minimize exposure to and prevent infection from the virus that causes COVID-19 as they are at an increased risk of more severe outcomes from COVID-19 compared with another people. Studies show how HIV and COVID-19…

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