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A busy coronavirus day across the continent, three countries have recorded index cases of the disease. Ghana in West Africa, Gabon in Central Africa and Kenya in East Africa. The Kenyan case is the first in East Africa. According to…

Provincial Minister of State for Mashonaland West Mary Mliswa Chikoka yesterday abruptly ended her tour of Chinese owned Sunny Yi Feng factory in Norton after being told that some workers were under quarantine for coronavirus on site. This…

Parliamentarians have laid into government for failing to provide protective equipment to health workers manning ports of entry into the country despite the risk of contracting the deadly coronavirus. During an open session from Committee…

The government has advised the nation to keep calm, insisting the country had confirmed any COVID-19 cases to date. This follows widespread rumors that government was covering up confirmed coronavirus cases including that of a Mutare…

Zimbabwean students who are stranded in China's coronavirus epicentre Wuhan in particular and other learning institutions have appealed to the government for urgent assistance as they have been on lock-down without basic necessities for…

A second person in Senegal has tested positive for coronavirus, the country's health ministry confirms. It says the patient is an 80-year-old French national who arrived in the West African country on 29 February. He is being treated at…

The government has announced that people traveling to Zimbabwe from countries affected by coronavirus (Covid-19) will be deported at the port of entry if they fail to produce medical clearance. The medical clearance certificates should…

Zimbabwean parents with children studying in China have said they will not follow the repatriation route taken by other countries following assurances by the local embassy that they are safe from the deadly disease. South Africa and a few…

Chinese hospitals overflowing with COVID-19 patients a few weeks ago now have empty beds. Trials of experimental drugs are having difficulty enrolling enough eligible patients. And the number of new cases reported each day has…

The government has allayed fears of coronavirus the country by announcing that the recently quarantined traveller from Hunan province has been tested positive. In a tweet posted this morning, Ministry of Information, Publicity and…