Zimbabwe is in the process of registering Sinovac, a second Chinese COVID-19 vaccine, and is monitoring vaccines from elsewhere for possible consideration, government says. The vaccine is now in its last stage towards being...
Zimbabwe has reported its highest number of daily COVID-19 infections since the pandemic began. A total of 4031 people tested positive for the virus on Tuesday, with five deaths recorded. The previous highest daily...
Zimbabwe is set to receive a second batch of Chinese vaccines on Tuesday, a combination of 600,000 doses purchased by the government and another donation of 200,000 doses, amid worrying signs that the immunization programme launched last...
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced a tighter curfew, slashed business hours and banned all inter-city travel in a response to rising COVID19 cases. The measures take effect immediately and will be reviewed in...
After receiving 200,000 Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines from China on Monday, Zimbabwe starts vaccinating health workers and other frontline personnel on Thursday. On Tuesday, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, who is responsible for the health ministry,...
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has written to Russian President Vladimir Putin about a contract to buy Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine doses, according to Zimbabwe’s ambassador to Moscow. Russia has already pledged a donation of 12,000 doses of its Sputnik V...
Zimbabwe on Thursday received two million more COVID-19 vaccine doses bought from Sinovac, pledging to ramp up a vaccination campaign that is under pressure from rising demand for shots.The latest delivery means Zimbabwe has now bought 3.2...
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has taken the Sinopharm vaccine, hoping to boost public confidence as he launched a programme targeting to deliver vaccines to 10 million Zimbabweans. Chiwenga, who is in charge of the...
In the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, states and countries battled each other for scarce medical supplies in what governors and executives called a high-seas black market, exposing the woeful inadequacy of the global supply chain.
The government will now require that all its workers be vaccinated against COVID-19, according to a circular issued by the Public Service Commission (PCS) on Monday. "All civil servants are considered to be front...