Zimbabwe has entered the 4th wave of Covid-19 with South Africa leading in terms of both incidence and prevalence.
Zimbabwe has entered the 4th wave of Covid-19 with South Africa leading in terms of both incidence and prevalence.
The number of hospital admissions has just gone up in the last few days. That is gut-wrenching to everyone who has faced the heinous virus before. The Covid-19 scourge seems far from being over as South Africa announced that it had discovered another mutant strain of Covid-19, the B1.1.529, code named Omicron.
The number of hospital admissions has just gone up in the last few days. That is gut-wrenching to everyone who has faced the heinous virus before. The Covid-19 scourge seems far from being over as South Africa announced that it had discovered another mutant strain of Covid-19, the B1.1.529, code named Omicron.
There are also indications that the variant can reduce the effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccines.
There are also indications that the variant can reduce the effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccines.
Unions at the time expressed concern that the government had not made provisions for adequate personal protective equipment and for the creation of an environment in schools where learners could follow the World Health Organisation regulations to stop the spread of Covid-19 such as keeping social distance.
Unions at the time expressed concern that the government had not made provisions for adequate personal protective equipment and for the creation of an environment in schools where learners could follow the World Health Organisation regulations to stop the spread of Covid-19 such as keeping social distance.
Pregnant women who get an mRNA vaccine against Covid-19 pass high levels of protective antibodies on to their babies, new research shows. Doctors analysed umbilical cord blood from 36 newborns whose mothers had received at least one dose of an mRNA vaccine from Pfizer (PFE.N)/BioNTech or Moderna (MRNA.O). All 36 babies had high levels of […]