Facts About Vaccine Derived-Polio Virus Circulating In Zimbabwe
By Michael Gwarisa In November 2023, Zimbabwe’s environmental surveillance system picked a vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV) strain, circulating in the sewage system in Harare’s high density suburbs namely Budiriro, Mbare and Mufakose. A similar variant was detected in a 10-year-old child from Sanyati District in Mashonaland, West Province. The child has since developed paralysis
Read MoreCOVID-19 no longer a Public Health Emergency of International Concern……WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
FOR the past three years, the world literally came to a halt at the back of a raging COVID-19 pandemic that claimed and infected millions of people. According data, globally, as of 7 May 2023, over 765 million confirmed cases and over 6.9 million deaths had been reported to the World Health Organisation (WHO). By
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Did Vice President Chiwenga say hiring health workers from Zimbabwe was illegal?
RECENTLY, South Africa Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) reported that Zimbabwe’s Minister of Health and Child Care (MoHCC), who is also the Vice President, Constantino Chiwenga had announced that hiring health workers from Zimbabwe was now illegal. The SABC reported on April 3, 2023 that “Zimbabwe’s Health Minister Constantino Chiwenga says government plans to enact law which
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