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UNICEF, health ministry set up Covid-19 information hub

NewsDay Staff ·

The Health ministry and the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) have collaborated to create the official COVID-19 information hub available through SMS, free for Econet users.

By Cecilia Kamuputa

Econet Zimbabwe is the biggest telecommunications operator in the country with 11 million mobile subscribers.

In a joint media advisory statement, Donald Mujiri from the Health ministry and Unicef chief of communications, James Maiden said with the support of Econet Zimbabwe, access to the information hub was available by sending an SMS saying “Hi” to the number 2019. 

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