Category: Fact Checking

COVID-19 no longer a Public Health Emergency of International Concern……WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

Michael Gwarisa

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 Michael Gwarisa Compared to other pandemics that have been experienced in the history of public health, COVID-19 has the least fatalities. For example, HIV and AIDS known as the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), acquired immunodeficiency…

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Did Vice President Chiwenga say hiring health workers from Zimbabwe was illegal?

Michael Gwarisa

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 will criminalize recruitment of health personnel from Zimbabwe by other foreign countries. #sabcnews.” Did the minister say it’s illegal to hire healthcare workers from Zimbabwe? Background The Vice President said this while officiating at the…

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