Breaking: Falsified Rabies Vaccine Floods Zimbabwe’s Black Market

By Michael Gwarisa Amid a surge in dog bite cases across Zimbabwe, the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) has issued a stern warning about the proliferation of falsified rabies vaccine on the black market. Authorities caution that using this vaccine could lead to serious health risks in the near future. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines falsified medical products as products that are deliberately misrepresented in terms of their identity, composition, or source. The intent to deceive is the key distinction between falsified and substandard medical products. In a…

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

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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