CHRA Steps Up Efforts in the Fight Against Covid-19
In pursuant of fighting the notorious COVID 19 pandemic, the Combined Harare Residents Association has donated liquid soap, hand sanitizers and masks to the Harare City Council today at Townhouse. The...
View ArticlePolice were justified to destroy vendors’ wares: Mavima
Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, Paul Mavima says police were justified to burn vendors’ vegetables last week as the coronavirus (COVID-19) as a preventative measure against the...
View ArticleByo’s homeless left exposed amid Coronavirus fears
Homeless people in Bulawayo are in the dark about the coronavirus disease outbreak despite being among the most vulnerable groups because of their poor living conditions, it has emerged. A survey at...
View Article‘NUST, Mpilo Hospital have capacity to set up COVID-19 testing facility’
The National University of Science and Technology (NUST) Applied Genetic Testing Centre is set to work with Mpilo Central Hospital in conducting tests for the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Bulawayo. The...
View ArticleLockdown Day 9 Update
Heal Zimbabwe’s Early Warning and Early Response Situation Room is monitoring how communities are reacting to the national lockdown which was announced by the President on the 27th of March, 2020....
View ArticleZimbabwe Lockdown: Day 9
Recognising that today is World Health Day where we celebrate, honour, salute and call for collective care and support for Nurses and Midwives at the fore front of COVID 19 frontline response. Today...
View ArticleResidents implore council to drill more boreholes
Bulawayo residents have implored the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to drill more boreholes in the city to reduce the movement of people during the 21-day lockdown to combat the spread of COVID-19 in the...
View ArticleResidents fret over city’s preparedness to combat COVID-19
Bulawayo residents have expressed their discontent over the government’s handling of the coronavirus (COVID-19) treatment facilities in the city. The residents said they are unsure if the government...
View ArticleTellZim journalist arrested in Chiredzi
Beatific Ngumbwanda a journalist with TellZim weekly newspaper was on 8 April 2020 arrested by the police in Chiredzi who accused him of violating the lockdown regulations as stipulated in terms of...
View ArticleGender based violence claimed lives of female teachers in rural Zimbabwe
#Stayhomestaysafe, that hashtag has gone viral since the advent of the COVID19 global outbreak. The assumption is that home is the safest place for everyone. Unfortunately this is not so for women who...
View ArticleTest, Trace, Treat and Repeat! Zimbabwe Lockdown – Day 10
In light of the Ministry of Health and Child Care update on the 7th of April 2020 this Situation Report is hence dedicated to the urgent issues under the direction of the Ministry of Health and Child...
View ArticleLockdown Day 10 Update
Heal Zimbabwe’s Early Warning and Early Response Situation Room is monitoring how communities are reacting to the national lockdown which was announced by the President on the 27th of March, 2020....
View ArticleEducation in Emergency – Options for Continued Education During Covid-19
ECOZI notes that the education system in Zimbabwe was already stretched before the COVID-19 pandemic as a result of multiple crises, the impact of Cyclone Idai last year, the economic crisis and...
View ArticleThousands of Chiredzi Residents at Risk of Starving after ZANUPF...
Scores of residents in Chiredzi District risk starving to death during this 21 day lockdown throughout Zimbabwe after Zanu PF MP Mr Farai Musikavanhu hijacked the government subsidized mille meal...
View ArticleCitizens fail to maintain social distancing
Social distancing measures have been disregarded in most supermarkets as starving citizens queue for basic commodities. While some shops have instituted preventative measures to curb the spread of...
View ArticleZimbabwe Lockdown: Day 11
Day 11 of the Lockdown in Zimbabwe marked the day when the Government of Zimbabwe adopted expanded and broad based testing guidelines to support the COVID-19 response plan. In particular we welcome...
View ArticleDemystifying Covid-19: Responding to young people’s questions and fears
With so many myths and misconceptions around Covid-19 also known as Coronavirus, young people do not have correct and adequate information about this virus and they continue to be misinformed. It is...
View ArticleHarare City Councillors and Residents Hail CHRA Covid-19 Intervention
The Combined Harare Resident Association has reached out to residents of Harare in the fight against COVID 19. Yesterday CHRA partnered Community Water Alliance in Glen View and Budiriro in a bid to...
View ArticleWoman, ZLHR sue govt, police and soliders over #Covid national lockdown...
A ZIMBABWEAN woman is suing government, police officers and soldiers after she was bitten by dogs as the enforcement officers acted outside their mandate when they were enforcing the National Lockdown...
View ArticleCovid-19 Zim Lockdown: Gendered Impacts, Implications and Effects on Women...
The COVID-19 pandemic represents a global challenge that affects our lives and our work. Zimbabwe is under a total lockdown for a period of 21 days from Monday 30th March 2020 as a precautionary and...
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