By Elizabeth Sitotombe
WITH the winter season upon us, high rates of flu and other cold-induced infections are expected to rise and spike coronavirus infections.
From early April into mid-May to June, many people across Zimbabwe are coming down with flu.
During the winter season, people tend...
By Elizabeth Sitotombe
THERE is an increased risk of developing serious blood clots for three-to-six months after contracting COVID-19, studies have revealed.
Blood clots have been at the centre of discussion during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, both in terms of the risks associated with catching the...
THE month of April is Autism Acceptance Month while the second day of April is recognised as World Autism Awareness Day.
In his message to mark World Autism Awareness Day, UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres highlighted the need to support and include people with autism.
“On this...
By Elizabeth Sitotombe
A YOUNG girl’s life will never be the same again after being paralysed by an undiagnosed wild polio infection in Malawi’s capital Lilongwe in February.
The strain found in the child was linked to one circulating in Pakistan.
Polio caused by the wild virus...
By Elizabeth Sitotombe
COVID-19 has affected many countries all over the world.
The first case was reported in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and as of January 24 2022, there were 354 332 988 total reported cases with 5 602 941 people having succumbed to the...
By Elizabeth Sitotombe
ANOTHER year in and the pandemic is still with us.
Since March 2020, our lives have been unpleasant.
Death became a constant unwanted visitor, as every time a new COVID-19 variant emerged.
The latest variant, which has overtaken delta to become the dominant...
By Elizabeth Sitotombe
JUST as the world was calming down, with talk of COVID-19 variants dying down, a new version of the Delta variant has been discovered in the UK and is believed to be driving a surge in COVID-19 cases in the country.
AY.4.2, also...
By Eunice Masunungure
SUPPORT and awareness have been found to be key in the fight against cancer while battling the scourge is everyone’s battle.
The message that cancer can be be successfully fought is important especially to those fighting it.
October is breast cancer awareness month.
And the...
By Elizabeth Sitotombe
THE fear of contracting COVID-19 is very strong among Zimbabweans.
As the second wave wreaks pain and suffering among the populace, COVID-19 has left another frightening byproduct in the form of stigma.
Many stories are emerging of people who, after recovery from the virus,...
By Catherine Murombedzi
A NEW perspective to life that we will no longer take life for granted. Each new day is thanksgiving day as we appreciate family, friends and loved ones.
A phone call or a text message to check on each other is priceless.
Often said...
By Catherine Murombedzi
THE year 2020 has been a powerful reminder that we are all in this together and our choices and actions have the power to protect the most vulnerable among us in a big way under COVID-19.
The same holds true when it comes...
By Dr Michelina Andreucci
WORK records from the officers in charge of resettlement in Sanyati revealed a preoccupation with the practical pressures of getting boreholes drilled and roads, dip tanks and administrative housing constructed but with ambiguity in the description of how some of the...
