Zimbabwe faces worsening food crisis amid El Niño droughts
Aug 09, 2024, at 10:31 pm
A new report from the UN aid coordination office (OCHA) reveals that food insecurity levels in Zimbabwe are rapidly deteriorating after it was hit with historic droughts due to the El Niño weather pattern.
Zimbabwe extends cholera vaccination as new cases decline
Mar 06, 2024, at 10:14 pm
The Zimbabwean government on Tuesday extended oral cholera vaccination in the capital Harare amid a marked decline in new cases countrywide.
Cholera outbreak Africa: Zimbabwe sees decline in cases, says health minister
Feb 08, 2024, at 05:19 am
Harare: Cholera cases are declining in Zimbabwe following the implementation of a raft of measures by the government to control the outbreak, the health minister said Tuesday.
Zimbabwe lifts curfew as Covid under control
Jun 22, 2022, at 03:52 pm
Harare/UNI/Xinhua: The Zimbabwean government lifted a midnight-to-dawn curfew imposed as part of COVID-19 containment measures.
COVID-19: First case of Omicron variant confirmed in Gujarat, third in India
Dec 04, 2021, at 11:10 pm
Ahmedabad/Jamnagar: The first case of Omicron variant of Coronavirus was detected in Gujarat on Saturday after a 72-year old man, who had returned to Jamnagar from Zimbabwe, tested positive for the new variant.
Zimbabwe to open traditional Chinese medicine clinic
Sep 23, 2020, at 02:39 pm
Harare/Xinhua: Zimbabwe's largest referral hospital here has established a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) clinic and is applying for an official license to open, according to the country's ministry of health and child care.
Zimbabwe reports six new COVID-19 deaths, toll now at 141
Aug 19, 2020, at 10:26 pm
Harare/Xinhua: Zimbabwe reported six more coronavirus-related deaths on Tuesday, raising the country's death toll to 141, authorities said on Wednesday.
Zimbabwe announces mass COVID-19 testing as local transmission surges
Jul 20, 2020, at 09:59 pm
Harare/Xinhua: Zimbabwe will in the coming weeks conduct mass COVID-19 tests targeting 100,000 people, as local community transmission surges, state media reported on Monday.
Nine die from gastrointestinal disease outbreak in Zimbabwe, 1,000 infected
Jun 22, 2020, at 05:02 pm
Harare/Xinhua: Nine people in Zimbabwe's second largest city Bulawayo have died form a gastrointestinal disease outbreak, while about a thousand have been infected with the water-borne disease.
Zimbabwe reports 7 new COVID-19 cases as tally rises to 63
May 27, 2020, at 07:21 pm
Harare/Xinhua/UNI: Zimbabwe on Wednesday announced the discovery of seven new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections to 63 in the country.
Zimbabwe's COVID-19 cases climb to 46
May 18, 2020, at 05:13 pm
Harare/Xinhua/UNI: Zimbabwe's COVID-19 cases have risen to 46 after two confirmed cases were reported in Harare on Sunday.
Zimbabwe seeks to conduct 100,000 tests for COVID-19 per month - ambassador
May 08, 2020, at 12:26 pm
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: Zimbabwe's government is seeking to increase the number of coronavirus tests conducted per month to 100,000, Zimbabwean Ambassador to Russia Mike Sango told Sputnik.
Climate change takes toll on Zimbabwe’s natural habitat, UN deputy chief observes
Feb 24, 2020, at 10:06 am
New York/IBNS: Alongside the human population, Africa’s animals are suffering greatly from the effects of climate change, which United Nations Deputy Secretary General Amina Mahommed saw first-hand on Sunday in Zimbabwe.
Cyclone Idai: emergency getting ‘bigger by the hour’, warns UN food agency
Mar 20, 2019, at 09:16 am
New York, Mar 20 (IBNS): The full scale of the devastation caused by Tropical Cyclone Idai in south-west Africa is becoming clearer, the UN said on Tuesday, warning that the emergency “is getting bigger by the hour”.
Death toll in cyclone-induced floods reaches 98 in Zimbabwe
Mar 19, 2019, at 04:52 pm
Harare, Mar 19 (Xinhua/UNI) The death toll from tropical cyclone Idai induced floods in Zimbabwe has risen to 98 with 217 missing, the government has said.
Mar 18, 2019, at 10:39 pm
Harare, Mar 18 (UNI): At least 82 people have been confirmed dead in Zimbabwe due to flooding and landfall caused by the tropical Cyclone Idai, local media reported on Monday.