Indian COVID-19 variant found in Zimbabwe By Tonderayi Mukeredzi in Harare, Zimbabwe | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-05-23 11:32 A man receives a certificate after being vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Wilkins Hospital in Harare, Zimbabwe, March 24, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
Zimbabwe became the latest African country to confirm the existence of the COVID-19 variant B.1.617, first detected in India last year.
Vice-President and Minister of Health and Child Care Constantino Chiwenga confirmed that genomic test results conducted from a localized outbreak in Kwekwe in central Zimbabwe, linked to a traveler from India in April, revealed detection of the more lethal variant.
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WORKERS under the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) banner have declared that a crippling general strike was the only way out of the current salary
A more aggressive second wave of Covid-19 has put pressure on Zimbabwe’s dysfunctional public health system, and further eroded confidence in the ability of the government to safeguard its citizens who are unable to afford private healthcare.
Health workers at major public hospitals have been embarking on sporadic strikes since 2020 because of lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) among other essentials, while the government insists that all is under control.
Authorities have accused the media of peddling falsehoods and exaggerating the coronavirus situation in the country.
Addressing journalists in the capital on 25 January, the Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Permanent Secretary, Aaron Nhepera, said: “Government has noted with deep concern the recent developments where mainstream media and individuals are spreading falsehoods on how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected the nation’s leadership.
It also brings into sharp focus the southern African nation’s human rights record.
According to the ITUC documentation of violations of workers’ rights, Zimbabwe joined a bleak list of controversial nations such as Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Colombia, Egypt, Honduras, Kazakhstan, the Philippines and Turkey.
“In the aftermath of the violent attacks against workers during the general strikes organised by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) in October 2018 and January 2019, Zimbabwe continued its crackdown against trade unions,” the report said. “Twenty-eight ZCTU members still faced criminal charges after their arrest over a year ago. If convicted, they could be sentenced to a mandatory 10-year jail term. ZCTU president Peter Mutasa and general secretary Japhet Moyo, both of whom had been arrested and charged with subversion, were released in February 2019, but they remained under strict release conditions, banned from travel and forced to check in regularly at the