Day: October 8, 2021

Vice President Opens Kwekwe Infectious Disease Hospital

Patricia Mashiri

THE Vice President and Minister of Health and Child Care, Dr Constantino Chiwenga has officially opened the Kwekwe Infectious Disease Hospital which will cater for all infectious diseases except COVID-19. By Patricia Mashiri Speaking during the official opening, Vice President Chiwenga commended the city of Kwekwe’s leadership for  constructing the infectious disease hospital. Let me hasten to underscore that this facility will not cater for COVID-19 patients, but all other infectious diseases that the Kwekwe community would suffer from. To the City of Kwekwe, I also want to recognize the…

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Irvines donates 6000 eggs to Derbyshire Primary

Healthtimes

Irvines one of the biggest egg and chicken produce in the country has donated 6000 eggs to Derbyshire Primary School in Waterfalls as a way of celebrating world egg day. HealthTimes Reporter World egg day, a global event celebrated on the second Friday of October every year, is a day set aside to honour the unique contribution eggs make to supporting people around the world. It was established in Vienna, Austria in 1996. Anele Zunga, Irvine Commercial Director said “In the past years, we have celebrated this special day with…

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Mutating HIV Virus Making It Difficult To Develop Vaccine

Michael Gwarisa

THE ever-changing genetic makeup and rapid mutation of the HIV virus has to a larger extent slowed down progress towards successfully developing an effective HIV vaccine, a top Zimbabwean expert has said. By Michael Gwarisa The revelations also follow the recent abandonment of the Imbokodo HIV vaccine or HVTN 705/HPX2008 efficacy studies after revelations that the vaccine was not granting enough protection against infection. In an interview with HealthTimes, Dr Portia Hunidzarira, the Principal Researcher for the Imbokodo vaccine studies said the HIV virus mutates at a faster rate and…

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