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The Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS) is implementing an Africa CDC Saving Lives and Livelihoods project whose main thrust is social mobilisation for COVID-19 vaccine demand and uptake.
The project, which is being implemented in Mashonaland West and Midlands provinces, is facilitated by the Health and Child Care Ministry.
The project is being supported by the Africa CDC Saving Lives and Livelihoods in partnership with MasterCard Foundation.
Esther Chitaya of Denhere village (Ward 4) in Zvimba district told <a href="https://www.thestandard.co.zw/news/article/200013207/fresh-covid-19-vaccination-drive-targets-rural-folk">The Standard</a> that people in her community, who have received the first dose, had been hesitant to get the second dose due to misconceptions and myths about the origins of COVID-19. She said:
<blockquote>
I got my first dose at Matanhire shopping centre during a mobile vaccination programme and I never turned up for the second dose.
Just recently, we had people from the Red Cross and Health Ministry moving around our village telling us about the importance of vaccination and warning us that COVID-19 was not over.
It was after this awareness drive that you find me and my colleagues here at the clinic to get the vaccination.
I have realised the importance of being vaccinated and I want to urge others to do so.
I think what the government is doing is essential because they are protecting us from future disasters.
We saw people dying of COVID-19 and we can’t afford to lose more just because they are not vaccinated.
</blockquote>
Tivaudze Mushangwe (19), who was getting his first COVID-19 jab at Nyabira clinic in Zvimba District, urged the Government to incorporate COVID-19 services into other health services programmes.
Zimbabwe Red Cross Society secretary-general Elias Hwenga said:
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You would realise that the main thrust of this project is social mobilisation for COVID-19 vaccine demand and uptake.
I am happy that our teams and village health workers have got the training and are getting into the communities.
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Africa CDC Saving Lives and Livelihood Programme national coordinator Charles Ibeneme said:
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The Saving Lives and Livelihoods initiative is a partnership between the MasterCard Foundation and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) designed to save the lives and livelihoods of millions of people in Africa and hasten the economic recovery of the continent in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The initiative is acquiring vaccines for more than 65 million people, supporting the delivery of vaccinations to millions more across the continent, including Zimbabwe, laying the groundwork for vaccine manufacturing in Africa through a focus on human capital development and strengthening the Africa CDC.
</blockquote>
He said during the 10-month implementation of the project they would train village health workers, ZRCS volunteers and influential people in communities with the aim of mobilising people to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Said Ibemene:
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By being closer to the people we would lessen the burden on villagers.
We want the COVID-19 service to get to the last mile, we want villagers to access the service.
</blockquote>
On 05 May 2023, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared an end to COVID-19 as a public health emergency more than three years after its original declaration.
WHO, however, stressed that it does not mean the disease is no longer a global threat.
More: <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a>

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New COVID-19 Vaccination Drive Targets Rural People

The government has reiterated its call for people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 amid a rise in new coronavirus infections.
New coronavirus infections more than doubled from 809 cases recorded in December 2022 to the current 1 923, with 17 people having succumbed to the disease in January this year.
Chief coordinator for the National Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Office of the President and Cabinet Dr. Agnes Mahomva said.
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We are observing an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases.
As Government, our message hasn’t changed, we continue to urge people to get vaccinated as that is the only effective way to safeguard ourselves from this pandemic.
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Mahomva said genomic sequencing is ongoing at the National Microbiology Reference Laboratory, and to date, no new variants have been detected. She added:
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Government continues to assess and monitor the situation on the ground daily, guided by both local and global data to provide timely and science-driven adjustments to the national response, where necessary.
Government also strengthened its case management systems by ensuring health facilities have adequate oxygen supplies and the medicines required for supportive care of identified positive cases requiring treatment.
This was mostly motivated by the fact that a lot of returning residents and some visitors were expected to travel back to Zimbabwe in large numbers, with some coming from countries experiencing an increase in the number of daily new cases.
</blockquote>
Since the onset of COVID-19 in March 2020, Zimbabwe has recorded 262 129 cases, including 255 181 recoveries and 5 656 deaths, with a recovery rate of 97 per cent. | <a href="https://www.sundaymail.co.zw/govt-pushes-for-vaccination-as-covid-19-cases-increase">The Sunday Mail</a>

COVID-19: Govt Urges Citizens To Be Vaccinated As Cases Rise

The Government has urged people who only received the first COVID-19 jab to go to vaccination centres and receive the second dose.
This follows revelations that thousands of vaccinated people are defaulting on taking the second jab.
Only about 30% of the 6 313 389 people who received the first dose in the country have received their second jab.
Addressing a post-Cabinet media briefing on Tuesday, Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa implored citizens to go for their second dose. She said:
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Regarding the national vaccination programme, Cabinet wishes to inform the nation that, as of July 4, 2022, a total of 6 313 389 first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine had been administered, while 4 661 854 people had received their second dose, and 893 978 their third dose.
This translates to national coverage of 56,1%, compared to the 55,9% recorded the previous week. Given the large gap between the first and second doses administered, those who have taken their first dose should go for their second dose.
</blockquote>
Health experts who spoke to NewsDay warned that unvaccinated people posed a high risk of getting infected compared to the fully vaccinated.
They said although new infections were going down, the high number of unvaccinated people could actually trigger a new wave of coronavirus infections.
Medical and Dental Private Practitioners Association of Zimbabwe (MDPPAZ) president Johannes Marisa said:
<blockquote>
The major reason is that the cases are receding so people no longer see the importance of not getting vaccinated.
The virulence of the virus is on the lower side. Complacency is contributing significantly to the low uptake of the second jab.
People think that they are already covered for dangers posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. 
With the virulence going down and cases receding, people are having self-satisfaction.
This is until danger strikes again and cases go up that people are jolted into looking for vaccines. However, globally, cases are on a downward trend.
</blockquote>
Community Working Group on Health executive director Itai Rusike said:
<blockquote>
Some people got their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine out of fear at the height of the fourth wave.
Now they are saying they won’t go back for the second dose thinking that the pandemic is over because of the current decline in COVID-19 cases in the country.
All these funny theories against vaccines on the various social media platforms are affecting our vaccination programmes hence the low vaccine uptake.
We now need new and encouraging messaging in the communities to create demand.
Unvaccinated people threaten the safety of the vaccinated even when SARS-Cov-2 vaccination rates are high.
</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2022/07/govt-wary-of-covid-19-vaccine-defaulters/">NewsDay</a></h4>

Govt Urges Citizens To Take Second COVID-19 Dose

Vice President and Health and Childcare Minister Constantino Chiwenga has warned members of the public who discourage others from getting vaccinated against COVID-19 that they will be punished.
Chiwenga made the threat while addressing hundreds of Mashonaland East members of Young Women For Economic Development during the mushroom pilot project training and graduation ceremony in Marondera over the weekend. He said:
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As the Minister of Health and Child Care, let me take this opportunity to remind everyone that COVID-19 is still with us, it is not yet gone so I urge people to get vaccinated against the virus.
There are some who mislead and discourage others from being vaccinated saying it’s a waste of time, we know their agenda, ‘we know your mission’.
We see what is taking place, however, I repeat, however, if you want to disturb the Government programme to save citizens from this virus, where a lot of money has been used on vaccines so that every Zimbabwean can be saved, I am simply saying be warned, your misguided machinations will catch up with you very soon.
</blockquote>
Zimbabwe had targeted to attain herd immunity by December 2021 but to date, less than half of the population has been fully vaccinated.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/vp-warns-detractors-of-vaccine-blitz/">The Herald</a></h4>

VP Chiwenga Threatens COVID-19 Vaccination 'Detractors'

The Government says it will not bow down to pressure to lift COVID-19 restrictions after South Africa announced that it would ease its own measures this month.
The South African government said that it will soon ease COVID-19 control measures following pressure from business, opposition parties and health experts.
COVID-19 National Taskforce chief coordinator Agnes Mahomva on Tuesday told NewsDay that Zimbabwe will make decisions based on local data and not on what other countries do. She said:
<blockquote>
We do not follow what other countries are doing. We are guided by numbers and what is on the ground.
We are also guided by our local data and that is what we look at.
As a country, we are doing well as we recently recorded a 46% decline in cases.
We recently launched a vaccination blitz and we are optimistic that cases will go down sharply.
</blockquote>
As of Tuesday, 5 April 2022, 5 582 115 people had received at least a single COVID-19 vaccine jab while those who had received three jabs were 476 781.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2022/04/well-not-rush-to-lift-covid-19-safety-measures/">NewsDay</a></h4>

Zimbabwe Won't Rush To Lift COVID-19 Restrictions - Mahomva

Health experts have commended the Government for easing COVID-19 restrictions and making it mandatory for visitors to Zimbabwe to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus to be allowed to enter the country.
On Tuesday Information and Publicity minister Monica Mutsvangwa told reporters that for travellers entering the country, the mandatory requirement for negative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests is no longer necessary.
Mutsvangwa said returning residents and visitors are now required to present valid vaccination certificates showing that they are fully vaccinated.
Responding to the announcement, Medical and Dental Private Practitioners of Zimbabwe Association president Johannes Marisa said:
<blockquote>
It is an indirect way to encourage vaccination.  As it is, it will be increasingly difficult for unvaccinated travellers to pass through borders.
Full vaccination has proven to be effective in fighting the virus so that is the only way to go if the country is to win the war against the respiratory disease.
</blockquote>
Mpilo Central Hospital acting chief executive Solwayo Ngwenya said relaxing COVID-19 measures will allow more economic activity though it could result in new coronavirus variants entering the country. Said Ngwenya:
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The benefit of easing COVID-19 measures is that it will probably open up the economy.
It will also see an increase in visitors, that is, an increase in tourist arrivals that will ultimately boost our forex earnings.
However, it risks new deadlier variants being easily brought into the country without detection.
</blockquote>
Meanwhile, Privilege Torai, a health promotions officer in the Health Ministry on Tuesday decried the low vaccination uptake, as only 31.1% of the country’s population has received the second dose.
She said this was caused by vaccine hesitancy, myths, long distances to vaccination centres, transport-related challenges, and the mobile population not returning for a second dose.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2022/03/govt-eases-covid-19-restrictions/">NewsDay</a></h4>

Health Experts Commend Govt For Easing COVID-19 Restrictions

The vaccination of the 12-15 years age group against COVID-19 has started after Cabinet last Tuesday gave its approval after getting guidance from the Paediatric Association of Zimbabwe.
In a memo sent to all Provincial Medical Directors and Chief Medical Officers, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Child Care, Air Commodore Dr Jasper Chimedza said the programme will be done with parental consent.
He also said those in the 12 to 15 years age group would be vaccinated with either the Sinopharm or Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine. Part of the circular reads:
<blockquote>
Based on the available scientific data provided by the manufacturers the Medicine Control Authority of Zimbabwe has the Emergency Use Authority for the COVID-19 vaccination with Sinopharm and Sinovac vaccines.
In light of the above Government has approved with the recommendation from the specialist paediatricians, the vaccination of the 12 to 15 years age group with immediate effect.
The programme will ride on the existing operational modalities on the vaccination of the 16 to 17 years age group currently in progress.
</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.sundaynews.co.zw/vaccination-of-12-15-years-age-group-starts/">The Sunday News</a></h4>

Vaccination Of 12-15 Years Age Group Against COVID-19 Starts

Zimbabwe has expanded its COVID-19 vaccination drive to include children aged 12 years and above as schools have become coronavirus superspreaders since they were reopened on 7 February.
Addressing reporters after the second Cabinet meeting of the year on Tuesday, Acting Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister, Joram Gumbo, said:
<blockquote>
Cabinet resolved as follows: that, in view of the science-based guidance from the Paediatric Association of Zimbabwe Special COVID-19 Vaccine Group, COVID-19 vaccination be extended to the 12 to 15 years age group;
That the Risk Communication Sub-committee should urgently meet with the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) unit of the Ministry of Health and Child Care and begin to prepare and mobilise communities for the March to June national vaccination blitz.
</blockquote>
In the past, only those who had reached 16 years of age could be vaccinated and the new policy is aimed at curbing infections spreading in schools.
In its COVID-19 Situation Report on 22 February, the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) said the country recorded 409 news cases, of which 95 of the new cases were from outbreaks detected from schools.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/cabinet-greenlights-vaccination-for-12-year-olds/">Chronicle</a></h4>

Zimbabwe To Vaccinate 12-year-olds Against COVID-19

The Progressive Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has advised teachers who are yet to be vaccinated against the coronavirus to report for duty on Monday (tomorrow), as usual.
In a statement, PTUZ president Takavafira Zhou said teachers should not listen to “unsubstantiated utterances” by some government officials that those who have not received COVID-19 vaccines will be barred from their workplaces on Monday. Said Zhou:
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We have read in the press and from unsubstantiated utterances by government officials that non vaccinated civil servants must stop reporting for work forthwith.
As PTUZ we encourage teachers to be vaccinated but by no means should such encouragement be misconstrued for mandatory vaccination, but voluntary vaccination.
The quandary over the issue of vaccination is that there was never an engagement between government as employer and civil servants representatives (employees), particularly teacher unions. The order is therefore a unilateral declaration by the government.
</blockquote>
He said according to standard operational procedures, education officials should communicate directly with the unvaccinated teachers and order them to stop coming to work. Added Zhou:
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In terms of standard operational procedures, unvaccinated teachers must continue to report for work until they receive communiques specifically in their names informing them to stop coming for work. Verbal instructions from school heads are invalid.
</blockquote>
Zhou, who is also a senior MDC Alliance official, said school heads should compile lists of all unvaccinated teachers at their respective schools, capture the reasons for non-vaccination and send them to districts for onward conveyance to province, Head Office and the Public Service Commission (PSC) and wait for formal instructions from these respectable offices.
The deadline for civil servants to get vaccinated lapsed last Friday with indications that the government would terminate contracts of those that have not been fully vaccinated.
Public Service Minister Paul Mavima said civil servants with genuine reasons for not being vaccinated will be given time to get jabbed.
Health Ministry Secretary, Jasper Chimedza, said that unvaccinated civil servants would be sacked as per some provisions of Statutory Instrument 234 of 2021.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-vaccination-government-mandate/6273972.html">VOA News</a></h4>

Teachers' Union Urges Unvaccinated Members To Report To Work

Zimbabwe’s average weekly COVID-19 vaccination rate last week fell to its lowest since July, raising fears that the country could fail to vaccinate 60% of the population needed to attain herd immunity by year-end and be ravaged by the fourth wave of coronavirus infections.
Government data showed that since the vaccination programme started in mid-February this year, 2.312 million, about 15.6% of the population, had been fully inoculated by 3 October.
The average number of people who got their first doses peaked at around 37 000 per day in mid-July when the country was in the middle of the third wave but dropped to less than 10 000 per day in recent weeks.
Health experts said the public had become complacent, disregarding COVID-19 protocols.
Speaking to NewsDay, COVID-19 national taskforce chief co-ordinator Agnes Mahomva had this to say:
<blockquote>
We will never give up working towards achieving our ambitious target of vaccinating 60% of our population by year-end.
It is, however, determined by a number of factors such as the willingness of the public to take the vaccine.
As long as the public is not willing to get vaccinated, then we will not reach the number we are targeting.
The other issue is that reaching herd immunity depends on the availability of the vaccines.
However, the government remains committed to ensuring that it avails vaccine doses at any given time so that people get vaccinated.
</blockquote>
Community Working Group on Health executive director Itai Rusike said the falling vaccination numbers was because of poor strategic planning. Said Rusike:
<blockquote>
The current vaccination strategy lacks focus on people and the community.
The issue of misinformation and lack of trust in the community with respect to COVID-19 vaccines and even the pandemic itself needs to be tackled by carrying out a sustained COVID-19 health literacy at the community level to dispel myths about vaccines so that we can increase vaccine uptake by building community confidence and acceptance.
</blockquote>
He urged people to get vaccinated ahead of the fourth wave expected to hit the country in December.
Medical and Dental Private Practitioners of Zimbabwe Association president Johannes Marisa called for a massive awareness campaign to encourage voluntary vaccination.
Meanwhile, Zimbabwe was listed among the 15 African countries that have achieved the World Health Organisation set target to fully vaccinate 10% of their populations by September this year.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2021/10/covid-19-vaccination-rate-tumbles/">NewsDay</a></h4>

COVID-19 Vaccination Rate Falls

Members of Parliament from across the political divide on Wednesday challenged the government’s recent decision to ban unvaccinated civil servants from reporting for duty.
The legislators described the move as an infringement on citizens’ rights, but Higher and Tertiary Education minister Amon Murwira representing the government defended the Cabinet’s decision arguing “extra-ordinary times require suspension of the Constitution”.
The government on Tuesday announced that its workers, who are not yet vaccinated, will no longer be allowed to report for duty.
The announcement came a week after Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi ordered civil servants who did not want to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to resign.
Parliament has also ordered unvaccinated lawmakers to stay at home, an order that triggered anger among the legislators who described the prohibition order as an affront to democracy.
Mutare West MP Teedzayi Muchimwe (ZANU PF), who is a member of the Johanne Marange apostolic sect, said the directive was unfair to him and others who do not believe in vaccination. Said Muchimwe:
<blockquote>
Is it now mandatory that the COVID-19 vaccination is now compulsory in view of the fact that there are other entities that do not indulge in medication?
… COVID-19, to me and the Johanne Marange apostolic sect, is just a drop in the sea, we are not even affected.
Since this COVID-19 started, we have been kissing each other and shaking hands, we are not even affected by COVID-19. Why deny us entry into Parliament?
</blockquote>
Dzivarasekwa MP Edwin Mushoriwa (MDC Alliance) described the ban as a gross violation of citizens’ rights. He said:
<blockquote>
By putting restrictions on those unvaccinated or those that are unvaccinated because of religion or other views, the government is in a way setting the wrong precedence for it is actually encroaching into the rights of individuals?
</blockquote>
Murwira responded by saying that there were limits to people’s constitutional rights, hence there was no turning back on the order. Murwira said:
<blockquote>
It is, therefore, very important and I want to thank you Hon Speaker for not allowing any member who is not vaccinated to come to this House physically.
So to clarify the issue, it is very important that the people who are not vaccinated stay where they are while those ones who are vaccinated can interact while social distancing.
</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2021/09/mps-govt-cross-swords-over-forced-vaccination/">NewsDay</a></h4>

MPs Challenge Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Policy

France has suspended around 3 000 health workers who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19, the country’s Health Minister Olivier Veran said on Thursday.
The development comes a day after the country made vaccination mandatory for all healthcare and care home workers.
The French government imposed the rule to boost vaccination uptake and help prevent a new wave of infections in the autumn that might jeopardise the country’s economic recovery.
Veran told French RTL radio, “Most of the suspensions are only temporary … many of them have decided to get vaccinated as they see that the vaccination mandate is a reality.”
According to local daily Nice Matin, nearly 450 health workers have been suspended in a hospital in the city of Nice, in southern France.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/around-3000-health-workers-suspended-france-over-vaccination-minister-2021-09-16/?taid=614310f650c9ed00013095e7&amp;utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&amp;utm_medium=trueAnthem&amp;utm_source=twitter">Reuters</a></h4>

France Suspends 3 000 Unvaccinated Health Workers

The Ministry of Health and Child Care on Friday said the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) gave conditional authority for the vaccination of children, that is, those who are between the ages of 14 and 17. The Ministry said in a statement:
<blockquote>
The condition is that the Ministry of Health and Child Care shall conduct a Phase Three clinical trial first before rolling out the vaccination, and the ministry is in the process of implementing the MCAZ conditions and once that is complete, the rollout will begin.
</blockquote>
Zimbabwe is now extending the vaccination campaign to teenagers from 14 to 17 who were not previously catered for in the initial plan after scientists agreed it was safe to vaccinate this age group.
Several countries have already started to vaccinate children against COVID-19, with France now offering vaccinations to all over-12s.
More than 2 million French children, roughly 40% of the 12-17 age group, had received the first shot by 4 August this year.
In Italy, the Pfizer vaccine was authorised for 12- to 15-year-olds in late May, with bookings across most regions beginning in July, and in the final week of July the Moderna jab was approved for 12- to 17-year-olds.
In the US, about 40% of 12- to 17-year-olds had at least one vaccine dose by the first week of August.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/teenagers-set-to-get-jabs/">The Herald</a>, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/04/which-countries-are-vaccinating-minors-against-covid">The Guardian</a></h4>

Teenagers To Be Vaccinated Against COVID-19

Pacific 24hr Hospital in Mabvuku has embraced the government’s vaccination drive against COVID-19 by offering the service to members of the public.
This comes after the government in July invited the private sector to take part in the inoculation program for the country to achieve herd immunity by December this year.
Participating private health institutions will be required to report daily statistics to provincial medical directors and city health directors, as well as report any adverse events after the jab.
Pacific 24hr Sister in Charge (SIC), Ludia Matani told BusinessMail that the hospital joined other private sector health centres in the vaccination programme last Thursday.
The hospital is offering the vaccine at a small administration tariff of $2 which caters for transport, fuel and logistics. Said Matani:
<blockquote>
Everyone is free to visit Pacific 24hr Hospital without any discrimination.
</blockquote>
Pacific 24hr Hospital is vaccinating people from 8:00hrs to 15:00hrs every day.
<h4>More: <a href="http://businessmail.co.zw/covid/covid-19-vaccine-now-available-at-pacific-24hr-hospital/">BusinessMail</a></h4>

Pacific 24HR Hospital Now Offers COVID-19 Vaccination

President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government has challenged all government workers who are not willing to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to resign.
According to local radio station ZiFM Stereo, the government says all civil servants who are not willing to get vaccinated must resign so that they do not expose others to the coronavirus.
The station reported Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi who is also the leader of government business, as saying the move was to ensure everyone’s safety.
Ziyambi reportedly made the comments during a Mashonaland West Provincial COVID-19 Taskforce meeting in Chinhoyi. <a href="https://twitter.com/ZiFMNews/status/1435114674798870530">The station said:</a>
<blockquote>
The government says all civil servants who are not willing to get vaccinated against COVID-19 must resign so that they do not expose others to the virus.
The Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Ziyambi Ziyambi says this will ensure everyone’s safety.
</blockquote>
Meanwhile, Vice President and Health Minister Constantino Chiwenga recently warned citizens that public places will not be accessible to those who are not vaccinated against COVID-19 once Government relaxes strict movement conditions under lockdown level 4.
Speaking in Buhera where he was touring Dorowa, a phosphate mine on Sunday, the former army commander said:
<blockquote>
As the Minister of Health and Child Care, I will make sure that vaccination certificates will be required for people to access public places although we have relaxed a few things.
I, therefore, encourage people to be vaccinated as it will be difficult to enjoy services when lockdown measures are relaxed.
We will allow you to watch soccer, watch cricket and enjoy food in a restaurant but you will be required to produce a vaccination certificate. We will not allow you to enter public places without a vaccination certificate.
</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a></h4>

COVID-19: Minister Says Unvaccinated Civil Servants Must Resign

Unscrupulous health professionals are making a killing from selling COVID-19 vaccination cards to employees, university and college students desperate to get admitted back to various learning institutions reports The Independent.
Several tertiary institutions across the country now require students to be either fully vaccinated or be in possession of a valid PCR test result taken 48 hours prior, to be allowed entrance to university or college campuses.
Investigations by the publication last week revealed that the vaccination cards are being sold for between US$15 and US$20 each.
The cards will also be having all the required details including the type of vaccine administered, its batch number, and dates where the vaccinated person allegedly took the jab.
Students argue that while those selling them are making a killing, the price is financially viable considering the charges for a PCR test.
Laboratories are charging US$30 for a PCR test while others like Cimas require US$60 for the same test.
The vaccination card selling syndicate appears tightly knit involving a web of officials from bureaucrats in the Ministry of Health and Childcare to those in charge of operations at vaccination centres.
The Zimbabwe Independent reported a source in the Ministry of Health and Child Care as saying that the practice is rampant in the health department. Said the source:
<blockquote>
So rampant is the practice that even those not really connected within the system are also partaking in it. However, many of these ‘unfortunate’ ones are sloppy and end up getting arrested.
These are the individuals you write about in your papers when they are picked up by police, giving a façade that people are serious about dealing with the problem when in actual fact they are the ones who are fuelling it for their selfish benefit.
</blockquote>
Chief coordinator of the national response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Office of the President and Cabinet Agnes Mahomva said she was not in a position to comment on the issue. Said Mahomva:
<blockquote>
You need to talk to the Ministry of Health and Child Care because what you are inquiring about is an administrative issue.
As a task force, we have various sub-committees we work with that are responsible for dealing with COVID-19 related issues and these are headed by different ministries.
The one you made reference to is best dealt with by a subcommittee headed by the Health ministry.
</blockquote>
National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed that hundreds of vaccinations cards went missing at various health centres across the country.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.theindependent.co.zw/2021/09/03/covid-19-vaccination-cards-find-way-onto-black-market/">Zimbabwe Independent</a></h4>

'Compulsory' COVID-19 Jabs Creates Vaccination Card Barons

The Ministry of Health and Childcare is planning a massive COVID-19 vaccination drive targeting the 14 to 17 age groups after Cabinet recently adjusted the age groups eligible to receive the jab.
In a memo dated 1 September 2021, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Childcare Air Commodore (Dr) Jasper Chimedza directed all Provincial Medical Directors (PMDs) to compute the target population in the 14 to 17 age groups for the Phase 3 Clinical Trial with the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine ahead of the rollout. The memo read:
<blockquote>
RE: SINOVAC COVID-19 VACCINATION FOR THE 14 TO 17 YEARS AGE GROUPS
Reference is made to the above subject matter.
The Ministry of Health and Child Care with recommendations from the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe [MCAZ) has resolved to conduct a (Phase 3 Clinical Trial) vaccination of the 14 to 17 years children with the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine.
You are hereby requested to urgently compute the target population of this age group in your respective provinces in preparation for the above exercise.
Your cooperation in this regard will be greatly appreciated.
</blockquote>
Government recently ordered schools to reopen, with virtually all pupils unvaccinated while just over 5 per cent of teachers have been vaccinated against COVID-19, according to teachers’ unions.
As a result, there are fears that schools could become coronavirus super spreaders and hasten the COVID-19 fourth wave.
<h4>More: <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a></h4>

Massive COVID-19 Vaccination Drive For 14 To 17 Age Group On The Cards

The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has appealed to the Ministry of Health and Child Care to have a dedicated programme to vaccinate teachers and eligible students.
This comes after concern has been raised on whether all teachers had been vaccinated, with examination classes resuming lessons this Monday and the rest resuming classes on 6 September.
Education Deputy Minister Edgar Moyo on Sunday said his Ministry cannot coerce teachers to be vaccinated as vaccination was at the moment being done voluntarily. He said.
<blockquote>
Government policy at the moment is that vaccination is voluntary and all we can do is encourage them to get vaccinated but we can’t force them.
We appeal to the Ministry of Health to have a dedicated programme to vaccinate teachers and eligible students.
Eventually, all teachers will get vaccinated because there will come a time when parents won’t want their children to be taught by teachers that are not vaccinated.
</blockquote>
Meanwhile, last week the government said intercity travel would be allowed for the period when pupils would be going back to school.
Coach and Bus Operators Association (CBOA) chief executive officer Aleck Kautsiro yesterday said about 90 per cent of bus crews have been vaccinated to limit the spread of the virus while transporting learners.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/hot-seating-tents-to-decongest-classes/">Chronicle</a></h4>

"Eventually, All Teachers Will Get Vaccinated"

Some unemployed youths have said they are unmoved by threats of sanctions on unvaccinated people saying they have no access to formal spaces even before the imposition of sanctions.
In recent weeks, government officials and some companies have been threatening sanctions on the unvaccinated.
In February, during the commissioning of the Gwayi-Shangani dam pipeline, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said no one will be forced to be vaccinated adding “but there will come a time, <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2021/02/26/mnangagwa-those-who-arent-vaccinated-wont-get-jobs/">if you are not vaccinated you will not be able to get a job.”</a> He added:
<blockquote>
If you are not vaccinated you will not be able to board a Zupco bus. Eventually, you will have to decide for yourself.
</blockquote>
In July, the government-sanctioned unvaccinated civil servants from work, denying them special COVID-19 allowances while denying them access to subsidised Zupco transport to state employees.
The government has been moving towards mandatory COVID-19 vaccination as panic sets in over soaring COVID-19 cases and fatalities.
However, unemployed 29-year-old Arthur Chimombe of Bulawayo is unmoved. Chimombe said:
<blockquote>
In any case, the sanctions on the unvaccinated civil servants do not affect me. I am unemployed, and have not received any support from the government; financial or otherwise. 
</blockquote>
Chimombe says his decision to vaccinate or not is not going to be influenced by what seemingly looks like mandatory COVID-19 vaccination, but by his desire to save himself from infection.
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) health services director, Edwin Sibanda, says the council has no ready aggregated statistics on the number of youth, employed and unemployed who have been vaccinated.
Sibanda, however, indicated that “the uptake is not as good as we expected.” 
Meanwhile, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2021/08/21/zctu-sues-several-companies-over-forced-vaccinations/">(ZCTU)has sued companies,</a> including government parastatals, that ordered workers to take the Covid-19 vaccines – or risk losing their jobs.
More: <a href="https://www.thecitizenbulletin.com/index.php/forced-vaccinations%E2%80%99-no-incentive-for-youths.html">The Citizen Bulletin</a>

Unemployed Youths Unmoved By Threats Of Sanctions On Unvaccinated People

A Harare-based lawyer has opposed the government’s recent decision of making vaccination mandatory for church and religious gatherings as well as the move by other companies and governments of sending unvaccinated staff on leave.
In his court challenge, Obert Kondongwe said currently there is no law in Zimbabwe that makes vaccination mandatory.
He argued that as such, churches should not be penalised for allowing unvaccinated congregants to attend church gatherings. Said Kondongwe:
<blockquote>
It is trite that each person, having fully considered the implications and effects of vaccination, is expected to make a personal decision on whether or not to get vaccinated and even to make a personal decision regarding the timing of such vaccination.
… For the Government or an employer to impose vaccination as a condition for the continuation of the church or employment is not only to invade the dignity of the person affected but to also attack it irreparably.
It has also become apparent that both vaccinated and unvaccinated people transmit the virus and as such, there is no point in excluding unvaccinated congregants/employees from churches/ workplaces if both can transmit.
… Informed consent violations especially against the poor and uneducated, unconstitutional attempts to make vaccines mandatory by Government and Businesses, serious adverse effects of the vaccine including deaths, infertility and bodily harm, prevention and treatment medicines such as Ivermectin are being blocked and Information from an ex-Pfizer employee Whistle-blower that vaccines contain graphene oxide which is toxic to humans.
</blockquote>
Kondongwe’s arguments are based on section 60 of the constitution of Zimbabwe that every person has the right to freedom of conscience, which includes the right to freedom of thought, religion or belief.
The right also includes the freedom to practise and propagate and give expression to their thought, opinion, religion or belief, whether in public or in private and whether alone or together with others.
<h4>More: <a href="https://healthtimes.co.zw/2021/08/19/harare-lawyer-challenges-mandatory-vaccination/">HealthTimes</a></h4>

Harare Lawyer Challenges Mandatory Vaccination

Teachers’ unions on Wednesday said that a majority of their members were yet to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and were psychologically unprepared for school reopening.
Government last week gazetted Statutory Instrument (SI) 210 of 2021, stating that schools will remain closed until August 10, 2021, but preparing to reopen.
However, teachers’ unions that spoke to NewsDay yesterday expressed reservations over the impending reopening of schools citing a lack of preparedness on the part of their members, the majority of whom were not vaccinated.
Zimbabwe Teachers Association (ZIMTA) acting national secretary-general Goodwill Taderera said the government should be guided by science on issues of the opening of schools for the second term. Said Taderera:
<blockquote>
If we compare statistics this time around to last year’s lockdown figures, they have more than doubled.
There has been a serious scourge. The majority of teachers have not been vaccinated.
Our encouragement is that the government must look at the graph.
It must be informed by scientific evidence, and then we can talk about schools opening.
</blockquote>
Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) secretary-general Raymond Majongwe said: 
<blockquote>
Teachers are incapacitated and we are losing a lot of our fellow workers almost on a daily basis now.
If the government is sincere and honest, it should roll out a vaccination programme for teachers just like it did for nurses.
</blockquote>
Amalgamated Rural Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe president Obert Masaraure said:
<blockquote>
There are important issues that need to be attended to before schools open, such as teachers’ incapacitation.
Teachers are at the centre of the standard operation in education.
</blockquote>
On Wednesday, the country recorded 1 091 new coronavirus infections and 35 deaths.
Out of the 10 million the country aims to vaccinate, only 1 740 598 had got their first jab, while 863 667 got their second jab.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2021/08/unvaccinated-teachers-unprepared-for-schools-reopening/">NewsDay</a></h4>

Unvaccinated Teachers Unprepared For Schools Reopening - Unions

The Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) is set to embark on a four-day mass vaccination campaign in Bulawayo as part of its community outreach programme.
The outreach will be held in Cowdray Park and Emganwini suburbs from Tuesday to Friday. 
Every year, the ZDF holds a community outreach programme in August as part of Defence Forces Day commemorations.
Bulawayo Town Clerk Christopher Dube confirmed the ZDF outreach programme and urged all adults to get vaccinated. Said, Dube:
<blockquote>
The City of Bulawayo in conjunction with the Ministry of Health and Child Care and the Zimbabwe Defence Forces will be conducting a community outreach COVID-19 vaccination programme in the Cowdray Park Hlalani Kuhle Consortium office and Emganwini (Food for Less shopping Centre).
The exercise which is part of the ZDF’S community outreach programme will be from Tuesday, 3 August 2021 to Friday 6 August 2021.
</blockquote>
The ZDF outreach programme is set to benefit hundreds of Bulawayo residents, especially from the western suburbs, who have been struggling to get vaccinated as health centres are being overwhelmed.
As part of its peacetime activities, Zimbabwe’s military has constructed schools and rehabilitated roads among other community programmes.
<h4>More: <a href="https://ztn.co.zw/stream/2021/08/zdf-to-embark-on-mass-vaccination/">ZTN</a></h4>

Soldiers To Embark On Mass COVID-19 Vaccination In Bulawayo

The government has barred unvaccinated officials from attending next week’s key national events, including Heroes and Defence Forces Day celebrations, to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
Speaking during a post-Cabinet press briefing on Tuesday, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa said only 200 vaccinated people would be allowed to attend the Heroes and Defence Forces Day celebrations. She said:
<blockquote>
The Defence Forces Day will be held on August 10 with the rest of the nation following on virtual platforms.
The Defence Forces and Heroes Day celebrations will only be attended by fully vaccinated persons.
In addition, attendees will be subjected to testing for COVID-19 at the event. There will be small gatherings this year to mark the Heroes Day commemorations.
The 2021 main Heroes Day commemorations, which will be held on August 9 at the National Heroes Acre, will be a hybrid event with a small gathering of 200 people.
</blockquote>
This comes after Cabinet has barred unvaccinated workers from boarding Public Service Commission (PSC) buses. It has also threatened to scrap allowances for unvaccinated employees.
Earlier on Tuesday Health and Child Care deputy minister John Mangwiro told stakeholders during a vaccination event sponsored by Seed Co in Harare that everyone in the country should be vaccinated as it was the only way to deal with the deadly respiratory virus.
Mangwiro said the government was in the process of ensuring that everyone in the country gets vaccinated, including children.
Meanwhile, the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has declared all measures put in place to force people to be vaccinated “illegal”.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2021/08/govt-bars-unvaccinated-officials-from-events/">NewsDay</a></h4>

Only Fully Vaccinated Govt Officials To Attend Key National Events

There are fears that hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans living in South Africa may fail to be vaccinated against COVID-19 due to a lack of identity documents.
This is despite assurances by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the start of the vaccination programme that everyone, including foreigners, would be vaccinated.
However, Migrants Workers’ Association-SA (MWA-SA) chairperson Butholezwe Nyathi expressed concern over the failure of undocumented migrants to get inoculated.
Ncube said health workers at some vaccination centres in South Africa were turning away foreigners without passports and work permits, a situation that has also affected Zimbabwean migrants.
He said there are concerns that some employers might demand proof of vaccination and that might lead to job losses. Said Ncube:
<blockquote>
MWA-SA has observed that the South Africa Department of Health requires proof of identity for its vaccination data system (VDS).
We are grateful that those who managed to produce their passports with permits have been vaccinated without any problems.
However, we are concerned that those who fail to produce any form of proof of their legal status in SA might be excluded.
</blockquote>
Ncube implored Ramaphosa’s government to allow private pharmacies to inoculate undocumented foreigners.
He said there is no way South Africa’s Department of Health can attain herd immunity without vaccinating migrants — whether legal or illegal as they form a significant percentage of communities.
Zimbabwe Community in South Africa chairperson Ngqabutho Mabhena said foreigners were being asked to produce IDs, yet Home Affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi said no one would be discriminated against.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2021/07/undocumented-zimbos-denied-vaccination-in-sa/">NewsDay</a></h4>

Undocumented Zimbabweans Denied Vaccination In South Africa

The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) says at least 11 of its employees have died from COVID-19 while 157 workers have contracted the coronavirus.
NRZ public relations manager Nyasha Maravanyika told NewZimbabwe.com in an interview that the majority of cases were recorded during the current third wave.
He said the government has granted the parastatal its request to provide COVID-19 vaccines to its employees at the company’s clinics. Said Maravanyika:
<blockquote>
COVID-19 has affected the NRZ adversely with 157 confirmed cases resulting in 11 deaths. The majority of the cases were reported under the current third wave after recording two deaths in the second wave in January 2021.
The government has given the National Railways of Zimbabwe permission to provide COVID-19 vaccines to NRZ employees at its clinics.
Vaccination of employees at the workplace has already started in Gweru and Bulawayo.
</blockquote>
He said the vaccines are being administered by NRZ nurses who have undergone training on administering the jabs while the government provides the vaccines through local health authorities.
Maravanyika further revealed that since the inception of the vaccination exercise on 27 July 2021, a total of 220 employees in Bulawayo have received their first jab while in Gweru 113 employees have received the first dose.
He said the parastatal plans to vaccinate its entire workforce of more than 4 600 employees to ensure they are protected against the deadly disease.
The NRZ runs four industrial and 10 community clinics throughout the country.
The industrial clinics cater for employees while community clinics provide services to the surrounding communities.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/govt-gives-nrz-nod-to-vaccinate-workers/">NewZimbabwe.com</a></h4>

NRZ Loses 11 Workers To COVID-19, Plans To Vaccinate Entire Workforce

President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s envoy and Ambassador-At-Large to the Americas and Europe Uebert Angel has backtracked on his remarks on COVID-19 vaccines.
Angel, a self-styled prophet and founder of the Spirit Embassy: Goodnews Church recently advised members of the public against taking the COVID-19 vaccine, claiming the jab contains the mark of the beast.
The Mark of the Beast is a cryptic mark in the New Testament’s Book of Revelation which indicates allegiance to Satan.
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, some conspiracy theorists in Christendom have interpreted masks and vaccines as the mark of the beast.
Angel now claims he does not have an issue with COVID-19 vaccines that use traditional technology. He said he was only opposed to COVID-19 vaccines which use mRNA technology.
In a <a href="https://twitter.com/OPEAAL1/status/1420458062301827077?s=20">social media post</a> on Wednesday night, the Office of The Presidential Envoy And Ambassador At Large To Europe and the Americas (OPEAAL) released a statement saying:
<blockquote>
OPEAAL would like to clarify Ambassador Angel’s position on COVID-19 vaccines &amp; reiterate that he remains opposed to(new tech) mRNA type vaccines. In Zimbabwe, this is NOT the case &amp; GOVT has approved traditional vaccines (RNA). He urges everyone to adhere to GOVT recommendations.
</blockquote>
Zimbabwe has so far authorised five vaccines for vaccinating its population against COVID-19 namely: Sinopharm and Sinovac from China, Sputnik V from Russia, Covaxin from India and Johnson &amp; Johnson from the USA.
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Unlike Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna that use messenger RNA (mRNA), the five use the traditional technology.
<h4>More: <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a></h4>

Uebert Angel Backtracks On Controversial COVID-19 Vaccine Remarks

Zimbabwe on Sunday received an additional one million doses of the Chinese developed Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine.
The vaccines arrived at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare and were received by Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube.
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Posting on Twitter, Ncube said an additional 1.5 million vaccines later this week. He said:
<blockquote>Walking the Talk: Zimbabwe today received an additional 1 million doses of World Health Organization approved Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines. We expect to receive an additional 1.5 million vaccines later this week.
To date, Zimbabwe has received over 5 million vaccine doses. Saving lives and livelihoods: vaccination program is part of Zimbabwe’s economic recovery strategy.</blockquote>
Zimbabwe has authorised the use of the Chinese Sinovac and Sinopharm vaccines, as well as Russia’s Sputnik V and India’s Covaxin.
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The Ministry of Health and Child Care has extended the COVID-19 vaccination programme to private health facilities at hotspots around Zimbabwe.
The institutions have been allowed to charge a nominal fee of injection by a doctor of $434.35, injection by a nurse at $220.64.
To date, a total of 1 438 890 people has received their first dose against COVID-19, while 677 774 have received both doses.
<h2>More: <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/latest-one-million-doses-of-sinovac-vaccine-arrive/">Chronicle</a></h2>

One Million Doses Of Sinovac COVID-19 Vaccine Arrive

United Family International Church founder and leader, Emmanuel Makandiwa, has given the green light to COVID-19 vaccination, for those under pressure to do so due to work and business demands, TechMagTV reported.
In what appeared to be a softening of his stance against the COVID-19 vaccination, the self-styled prophet has offered conditional acceptance of the controversial vaccine.
Speaking in a televised broadcast on Sunday morning, the megachurch pastor said he was concerned about people who could lose jobs and many human rights privileges, hence the need for adherence.
Makandiwa said the vaccine itself was not injected with any microchip for 666, yet he maintained it was part of the system for the new world order.
The number 666, or the Mark of the Beast is a cryptic mark in the New Testament’s Book of Revelation which indicates allegiance to Satan.
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, some conspiracy theorists in Christendom have interpreted masks and vaccines as the mark of the beast.
As governments across the world and companies are limiting privileges to the unvaccinated, Makandiwa said that the decision to vaccinate must be a personal one. He said:
<blockquote>I advise you to consult your doctor on the best decision on vaccination, I also do have doctors, I believe in them…, they alone are the best people to give you advice on your medical issues… they must check and confirm if your health is good enough for the vaccine.</blockquote>
The message was a serious climb down from his initial cautionary message that discouraged the inoculation.
Makandiwa however, questioned world authorities why they would continue vaccinating people who have recovered from COVID-19, as they would have developed natural immunity against the coronavirus.
Medical experts however have stated that the natural immunity lasts not more than 6 months, a claim that is still debatable.
<h2>More: <a href="https://www.techmag.tv/makandiwa-okays-vaccination-for-pressured-individuals/">TechMagTV</a></h2>

Makandiwa Okays COVID-19 Vaccination For Pressured Individuals

The Zimbabwean government has accused the United States of trying to use COVID-19 vaccines to meddle in its internal political affairs.
A senior government official recently claimed that Washington gave the country’s main opposition party, the MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa, half a million doses of the Johnson &amp; Johnson vaccine.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government has so far refused to consider the approval of western manufactured COVID-19 vaccines, preferring those from China, Russia and India.
Harare accuses countries such as the US of funding the opposition MDC Alliance to pursue a regime change agenda.
Mnangagwa’s spokesperson, George Charamba, early this week ignited a fresh diplomatic tiff with the United States of America.
The garrulous Charamba claimed the US embassy had imported vaccines so that the MDC Alliance could run its own vaccination programme, parallel to the one initiated by the government.
He claimed Zimbabwe had refused to authorise the use of Johnson &amp; Johnson doses that are now stuck at the US embassy in Harare. Charamba said:
<blockquote>[The MDC Alliance Alliance received] two tranches of American vaccines, in total amounting to half-a-million doses, for a political vaccination programme through, which they hope to checkmate the goodwill that has accrued to ZANU PF through a sprite public vaccination programme.
The United States embassy’s strategy has been to desperately stampede the Ministry of Health to allow the government to accept importation and administration of those unregistered vaccines, using the Covax facility.
This would then provide cover for this political donation. Unfortunately for them, Chinese, Russian and Indian vaccines, which are registered for use in the country are now registered with the World Health Organisation, making them part of the Covax menu.
Zimbabwe insists that any assistance under Covax limits itself to those registered vaccines. The United States and their MDC-Alliance lackeys are in a real bind.</blockquote>
However, the US embassy in Harare dismissed the claims that it was pushing for a parallel COVID-19 vaccination programme in Zimbabwe as false. It said:
<blockquote>The United States government has not provided any entity in Zimbabwe with vaccines to date.</blockquote>
Fadzayi Mahere, MDC Alliance spokesperson, accused the government of politicking about vaccines at a time the pandemic was killing more people in Zimbabwe. She said:
<blockquote>It’s a matter of regret that Mr Charamba continues to act in this disgraceful manner. He is telling lies and politicking with people’s lives instead of focusing on vaccine hesitancy.</blockquote>
Other vaccines Zimbabwe has rejected include the British-Swedish AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Moderna, from the United States.
<h4>More: <a href="https://nation.africa/kenya/news/africa/mnangagwa-fears-us-will-use-covid-19-vaccines-to-topple-him-3483862">National</a></h4>

Mnangagwa Fears US Will Use COVID-19 Vaccines To Topple Him

TelOne has directed its unvaccinated staff to go on leave with immediate effect and withdrew the COVID-19 allowance for all those in the same category.
In an internal staff notice signed by corporate services director, Hopewell Zinyau, TelOne said it was decongesting its offices and there would be staff rotation to ensure the provision of essential services.
Under this arrangement, the landline and data service operator has divided teams into two groups with one group working from home and another working from the office using one-week rotation cycles. The notice reads in part:
<blockquote>As such, staff will be required to immediately take vacation leave starting with those that are not vaccinated.
This is especially because unvaccinated individuals are at the highest risk of the effects of the COVID-19 virus, while also posing a great risk to all other staff and the company’s business continuity.
Staff are advised that besides this being good protection for themselves, the company may soon take further measures against the unvaccinated in order to protect vaccinated staff members and the business.</blockquote>
The company has also suspended all physical meetings in favour of virtual proceedings in addition to strict social distancing requirements. It said:
<blockquote>Only client services sections remain open to clients with strict adherence to social distancing, masking and hand sanitising.</blockquote>
TelOne corporate communications manager, Melody Harry, told the Chronicle that the company was taking seriously the intensification of the COVID-19 situation in the country.
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She said the company would continue to support affected staff members through facilitating testing and care in the event of testing positive.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/unvaccinated-telone-staff-to-go-on-leave/">Chronicle</a></h4>

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