Vice President and Minister of Health and Child Care Dr Constantino Chiwenga has volunteered to become the first person to be vaccinated against Covid-19 at a ceremony that is set signal the comment of the country's vaccination programme.

In a number of wealthy countries, the number of COVID-19 vaccines ordered vastly exceeds what’s needed, while many poorer countries will have to wait – possibly for years – for vaccines to become widely available.

A TEAM of inspectors from the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development is currently conducting investigations to ascertain the reasons why the wall of one of Zimplats' mine collapsed crushing one worker to death last Sunday.

February 18 marks the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Zimbabwe.

Roselyne Sachiti Features, Health and Society Editor Zimbabwe is today expected to start Covid-19 vaccinations. A total of 49 000 health workers and thousands of other high-risk frontline staff are scheduled for stage one of phase one using the first...

From sharing their own resources with the poor to fighting age-old customs and dealing with cross border threats, Village Health Workers (VWHs) in rural Zimbabwe are taking on the new challenges brought by COVID-19 head-on. We follow three VHW in Zim...

Herald Reporter The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday listed two versions of the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, giving the green light for these vaccines to be rolled out globally through COVAX. The vaccines are produc...

Muchaneta Chimuka Senior Reporter Young and talented musician as well as basketball player Mike Saujeni (20) popularly known in the music circles as ‘Micho Bancho’ recently composed a song whose aim is to raise awareness and fight the Covid-19 pa...

More than 10 airlines are signing agreements with the UN agency to support its ‘Humanitarian Airfreight Initiative’, which will also act as a global logistics preparedness mechanism for other humanitarian and health crises over the longer term. â...

Joe Myers How COVID-19 is affecting the globe Confirmed cases of COVID-19 have now passed 109.1 million globally, according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center. The number of confirmed deaths stands at more than 2.4 million. Australia...

BBC- Healthy, young volunteers will be infected with coronavirus to test vaccines and treatments in the world’s first Covid-19 “human challenge” study, which will take place in the UK. The study, which has received ethics approval, ...

Fungi Kwaramba  Political Editor DESPITE the devastating effects of Covid-19, the country is poised for economic growth this year and Zimbabweans must march-on together in peace towards prosperity, President Mnangagwa said. Addressing the 348th ordi...

Joseph Madzimure  Senior Reporter FORMER police Deputy Commissioner Moses Griffiths Mpofu who died last week, has been declared a national hero. He was 66. ZANU PF Secretary for Administration Dr Obert Mpofu confirmed the development saying: “The ...

Fungi Kwaramba Political Editor The opposition must be voted from local authorities as they have run-down urban councils much to the suffering of the people, President Mnangagwa has said. Addressing the Politburo meeting yesterday, the President said...

Mukudzei Chingwere Herald Reporter The country’s Covid-19 vaccination programme begins today in Harare with frontline health workers expected to be among the first to be inoculated. This follows the arrival on Monday of 200 000 vaccine doses from C...