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The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe today suspended the operating licences of two bureau de change and ordered an investigation into the operations of three unlicenced institutions. Central bank governor John…

Zimbabwe has tested nearly 5 000 for the coronavirus but it is still a long way from attaining the 40 000 targetted by the end of this month. The Ministry…

Zimbabwe health professionals today said they will not down tools in the middle of the country’s battle against Covid-19. Health professionals have frequently gone on strike in recent years over…

Zimbabwe today directed that prices of basic commodities be reverted to 25 March to ensure affordability by consumers during the Covi-19 lockdown period, Vice-President Kembo Mohadi has said. Addressing the…

An 82-year-old woman from Mhondoro died of the coronavirus at a private hospital in Harare this morning, Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has confirmed. She is the fourth person in Zimbabwe…

Three more coronavirus cases were recorded in the capital Harare today bringing the total of positive cases to 28. The Ministry of Health said details about the three new cases…

That sounds scary, but that is the opinion of one of the country’s senior health officials, Mpilo Central Hospital acting chief executive officer Dr Solwayo Ngwenya. He told the Bulawayo…

A Zimbabwean man who allegedly created and peddled fake Covid-19 news — and who was sternly warned last week by President Emmerson Mnangagwa — was arrested and has appeared in…

Zimbabwe’s 25th coronavirus patient is a 29-year-old woman from Harare who returned from France on 15 April and was placed on mandatory quarantine and was only diagnosed positive on Saturday.…

President Emmerson Mnangagwa today announced that he is extending the national lockdown, which was due to expire tonight, by another two weeks to 3 May. Watch address: