In a suspected case of typhoid outbreak, Gweru City Council has confirmed two deaths as a result of the water borne disease. In an interview, City Council Spokesperson, Vimbai Chingwaramutse confirmed that two people from Mkoba Infill had died from diarrhea. "We received information through our Weekly
Health officials have allayed fears of a coronavirus case at Parirenyatwa hospital after misleading social media reports on the whereabouts of a Zimbabwean woman who returned from China's Wuhan province and placed in isolation at Wilkins hospital upon arrival from China, 263Chat has learnt. A 27
Lancet Clinical Laboratories have vowed to continue replacing their laboratory equipment at five-year intervals to keep up with the latest technology. The International Organisation of Standards (ISO) certified Clinical Laboratory is replacing equipment this year after using the last consignment procured five years ago. Addressing journalists during
Chinese medical researchers have discovered that cancer patients are more susceptible to infection of the novel coronavirus which is claiming many lives. According to a recent research article in the Lancet Oncology journal, due to the systemic immuno-suppressive state caused by the malignancy and anticancer treatments,
An actual mass wedding ceremony in the Philippines saw face masks and health checks included in the proceedings this year. The precautions have been brought in due to the threat of coronavirus. The city of Bacolod, Philippines saw 220 couples married in the government-sponsored event. Find thelink to
When Kem Senou Pavel Daryl, a 21-year-old Cameroonian student living in the Chinese city of Jingzhou, contracted the coronavirus he had no intention of leaving China, even if that were possible. "No matter what happens I don't want to take the sickness back to Africa," he
Epidemiology and Disease Control (Ministry of Health and Child Care) Director Dr Portia Manangazira has confirmed the first suspected case of corona virus in Zimbabwe. Speaking to a local publication Manangazira indicated that the case is of a 27-year-old woman who is being held in quarantine
China on Wednesday said it would revoke the credentials of three Wall Street Journal reporters working in mainland China, in a significant escalation of Beijing’s pressure on foreign news organizations. A spokesman for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the move was in retaliation for a
China national coronavirus death toll reaches 1,770 China reported a total of 1,770 deaths from coronavirus to the end of Sunday, with 100 of the 105 new fatalities recorded in Hubei, the centre of the outbreak, the National Health Commission said. There were 2,048 new
The first coronavirus case on the African continent was confirmed by Egypt's Health Ministry, Friday. The affected person is a foreigner who had been put into isolation at a hospital, it said in a statement. It added that it had immediately informed the World Health Organization
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