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The start of the UK peak of the coronavirus epidemic is expected within the next fortnight, England’s deputy chief medical officer has said, as cases rose to 373 and a sixth death was announced. THE START OF THE CORONA EPIDEMIC PEAK is expected within the next fortnight, England’s deputy chief medical officer has said, as cases rose to 373 and a sixth death was announced. A sixth patient in the UK has died after contracting…

Cougo Tsenang (31) who was residing in Nkulumane suburb was found asleep inside the baptism pos A SOUTH AFRICAN man was sentenced to six months imprisonment for unlawful entry after he was found sleeping in the Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe (AFM) church in Nkulumane 12 suburb.Cougo Tsenang (31) who was residing in Nkulumane suburb was found asleep inside the baptism post by one of the congregants Ms Clara Tobaiwa (58) of the same suburb.Tsenang…

Three Zimbabwean men have been jailed for between two and six years after they admitted their role in an elaborate “industrial scale” cheque fraud in the United Kingdom.Criminal mastermind Patson Mupinyuri, 37, forger Collen Chikore, 42, and Simbarashe Dengu, 30, engaged four conwomen who power-dressed to scam charities, schools, businesses and a church out of £750,000 during a UK-wide crime wave.Unemployed Tracey Henry, 52, disguised herself as a businesswoman to cash counterfeit cheques and invoices…

MPILO Central Hospital nurses yesterday demonstrated against the chief executive officer Mr Leonard Mabandi’s directive for them to start working four-day shifts instead of the two days they agreed on with the Government.Nurses used to work seven days a week but adopted the two-day weekly shifts due to incapacitation.The Zimbabwe Nurses’ Association (Zina) signed an agreement with the Government last year which gave provision for nurses to work two days of 12-hour shifts per week,…

A GOKWE MAN (20) AXED Five people to death including a mother and her one-year-old baby strapped on her back.In what is probably the most vicious and bloody of killing scenes this year, a 20-year-old man from Gokwe axed to death five people, including a mother and her one-year-old baby that was strapped on her back.He extended the axe attack on a cow and its calf, while a couple whose seven-year-old son was killed, evaded…

BULAWAYO faces kidney failure, liver disease, smoking deaths, along with a rise in TB-related deaths.Zimbabwe currently faces major health challenges, prominent according to Bulawayo health statistics which indicate that, as of January 2020 a total of 191 patients were placed on on tuberculosis treatment ,up from 128 patients in December 2019. A total of 13 TB patients died in January 2020, compared to people 22 patients who died in December 2019 from the TB disease…

THERE is no place like home, so goes the saying. These are the sentiments shared by Bulawayo-born and raised Ms Tosca Fairchild who is based in the United Kingdom and was on a visit to Mpilo Central Hospital last week with a team of doctors and nurses to support the training and education of renal clinicians in the country.Ms Fairchild, who attended Sacred Heart Primary school in Esigodini and later Speciss College said she was…

ZIMBABWE GOVERNMENT recently appointed Mass Media trustees beginning with the appointment of six trustees by President Mnangagwa, following a 20 year dormant Zimbabwe Mass Media Trust, which interestingly is the majority shareholder in Zimpapers. THE Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) commander Edzai Chimonyo says the military would soon start snooping into private communications between private citizens to “guard against subversion,” alarming media groups who fear that the country was moving towards a surveillance State. Chimonyo told…

“THE CURRENT WAVE OF MIGRANTS IS NOT A THREAT ONLY with the direct risk of terrorism. Most of the illegal migrants are arriving from territories like Iran, which is also a focal point of the coronavirus,” No entry, says Hungary. Not all at once, says Greece. Watch out, says Croatia: They might have the coronavirus. This week, thousands of asylum-seekers sit at the intersection of a pair of fast-moving news stories — a spike in…

SOUTH AFRICA woman. 39 from the same travel group from Italy as the first coronavirus case, has been diagnosed with the virus, SA’s confirmed Coronavirus cases increase by 100% A second case of the novel coronavirus has been confirmed in South Africa.A 39-year-old woman from Gauteng, who was part of the same travel group to Italy as the first case, has been diagnosed with the virus, Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said on Saturday.The Department…