Tag: TESTING

Harare Lawyer Challenges Mandatory Vaccination

Patricia Mashiri

OBERT Kondongwe, a Harare based lawyer has opposed government’s recent decision of making vaccination mandatory for church and religious gatherings as well as the move by other companies  and governments of sending unvaccinated staff on leave. By Patricia Mashiri In his court challenge, Kondongwe is saying there is no law currently in Zimbabwe which makes vaccination mandatory and as such, churches should not be penalized for attending churche gatherings unvaccinated. He also argued that Government is infringing on people’s rights and freedoms contained in section 51,52,56,58,60 and 65. It is…

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Retesting No Longer Required Before Discharging COVID-19 Patient- New Guidelines

Healthtimes

ACCORDING to new Centres for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines, there is no longer need for health institutions to retest COVID-19 patients to determine whether they have recovered from the virus or not. The new guidelines  based on revisions made on July 17, 2020  state that “except for rare situations, a test-based strategy is no longer recommended to determine when an individual with a COVID-19 infection is no longer infectious (i.e., to discontinue Transmission-Based Precautions or home isolation).” Diagnostic testing categories have been edited to focus on testing considerations and actions…

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#BREAKING: Magaya’s ‘HIV Cure’ Has Not Been Approved: MCAZ

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JUST as its name implies in Shona, Aguma (Meaning it has ended), the purported HIV curing herb publicly launched on Sunday by Prophetic Healing  and Deliverance frontman Prophet Walter Magaya might have reached a dead end amidst indications the controversial herb has not been approved for retailing or consumption on the Zimbabwean market, HealthTimes can exclusively reveal. By Kudakwashe Pembere Speaking to HealthTimes,  the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) Projects and Public Relations Officer Shingai Gwatidzo argued that the so-called HIV cure named Aguma from the cleric was not in…

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Can HIV Hide In The Blood?

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HealthTimes Contributor So most of you might be wondering probably ten year after you had a sexual encounter with someone you didn’t trust, whether you contracted the virus or not. Many a times, you develop something, a wart or boil in some funny area of your body and your memory quickly lingers back to that very moment you might have gone beyond limits. Well before we go any further, the best way to know whether you are HIV positive or not is by getting an HIV test and thank God…

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