https://www.voazimbabwe.com/z/3159 The Voice of America is one of the world's most trusted sources for news and information from the United States and around the world. VOA is a multi media news organization using radio, television, and the internet to distribute content in 45 languages. https://www.voazimbabwe.com/Content/responsive/VOA/en-ZW/img/logo.png https://www.voazimbabwe.com/z/3159 en 2026 - VOA 60 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:07:53 +0200 Pangea CMS – VOA Cases of COVID-19 are surging again globally, due in large part to the rise of virus variant Omicron BA.5, which is much more contagious than its predecessors and is able to circumvent existing immunity in many people. In the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week released data indicating that the BA.5 variant is now responsible for more than half of new cases and is poised to continue outcompeting older versions of the Omicron variant that remain in... https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/6650360.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/6650360.html Fri, 08 Jul 2022 13:05:04 +0200 Health SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea imposed a nationwide lockdown Thursday to control its first acknowledged COVID-19 outbreak after holding for more than two years to a widely doubted claim of a perfect record keeping out the virus that has spread to nearly every place in the world. The outbreak forced leader Kim Jong Un to wear a mask in public, likely for the first time since the start of the pandemic, but the scale of transmissions inside North Korea wasn't immediately known. A... https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/6568243.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/6568243.html Thu, 12 May 2022 12:30:07 +0200 Zimbabwe China has reported it first COVID-19-related deaths in more than a year. The two deaths were recorded in Jilin, a northeastern province. China is battling a surge of coronavirus infections. The new wave of cases has resulted in Chinese health officials tightening COVID-19-related restrictions, at a time when many Western countries are lifting COVID-19 mandates. The coronavirus emerged in China’s Wuhan province more than two years ago. Meanwhile, health officials in Hong Kong say the... https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/6492679.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/6492679.html Sun, 20 Mar 2022 01:14:43 +0200 Zimbabwe (AP) - Tucked in a corner of a dimly-lit hallway of a rundown block of flats in Zimbabwe's Mbare township, a few drug users desperate for recovery prayed and encouraged each other to reduce their habits. They passed around a plate of cookies. Among those in the support group Is Adrias Chidemba, 28, who used to sell fruit and vegetables on Harare's streets and was saving to set up a small kiosk. But then COVID-19 hit and the months-long lockdown shattered his dreams. He said he... https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/6454013.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/6454013.html Tue, 22 Feb 2022 18:42:24 +0200 Zimbabwe Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia are the first African countries to receive technology needed to produce mRNA vaccines from the World Health Organization. Two of the vaccines used in the fight against COVID-19 are mRNA vaccines. WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced the award Friday in Brussels at the European Union-African Union summit. “No other event like the COVID-19 pandemic has shown that reliance on a few companies to supply global... https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/6449700.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/6449700.html Sat, 19 Feb 2022 00:30:56 +0200 News HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s government says it will stop paying salaries of staff who are unvaccinated against COVID-19, while ordering those who have received jabs to report for work at their offices “with immediate effect,” after more than a year of most government employees working from home, state media reported Tuesday. The southern African country has in recent weeks relaxed restrictions on public gatherings as cases of the omicron variant appear to have started... https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/6442699.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/6442699.html Tue, 15 Feb 2022 18:58:21 +0200 Zimbabwe Some health officials say the discrepancy between rich and poor countries is discriminatory and has denied poor countries a chance to stem the spread of the coronavirus in the absence of vaccines. https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/covid-inequity-coronavirus/6429626.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/covid-inequity-coronavirus/6429626.html Sun, 06 Feb 2022 14:41:47 +0200 News Afrigen is one of the companies taking part in a World Health Organization-backed hub to develop vaccines for low- and middle-income countries. Afrigen Managing Director Petro Terblanche said the mRNA vaccine was made with the company's own knowledge base, processes and people. https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/africa-s-first-mrna-covid-19-vaccine-produced-/6427391.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/africa-s-first-mrna-covid-19-vaccine-produced-/6427391.html Sat, 05 Feb 2022 01:05:17 +0200 News "BA.2 ... has been reported in five countries, that is Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Senegal as well as South Africa," Dr Nicksy Gumede-Moeletsi told an online media briefing. https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/omicron-harder-to-identify-africa/6425660.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/omicron-harder-to-identify-africa/6425660.html Fri, 04 Feb 2022 00:57:37 +0200 News Malawi started administering the Pfizer vaccine to children ages 12 to 17 on January 1st to help contain the spread of the coronavirus among children.  https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/teenage-covid-19-vaccination-process-meets-resistance-in-malawi/6419080.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/teenage-covid-19-vaccination-process-meets-resistance-in-malawi/6419080.html Sun, 30 Jan 2022 23:43:28 +0200 News In a letter to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the scientists said Britain’s people and the National Health Service have been placed at risk because of the UK’s global vaccination policy, according to a report in The Telegraph. https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/scientists-call-rich-nations-failure-to-provide-vaccines-to-world-reckless-/6418075.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/scientists-call-rich-nations-failure-to-provide-vaccines-to-world-reckless-/6418075.html Sat, 29 Jan 2022 17:57:43 +0200 News “The Natural COVID-19 epidemic curve is indicating that the 4th wave is at its tail end and this wave appears to being brought under control.” https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-covid-19-regulations/6417408.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-covid-19-regulations/6417408.html Sat, 29 Jan 2022 00:40:33 +0200 News voadigital@voanews.com (Gibbs Dube) A NATO statement noted announced deployments or considerations for sending additional troops and equipment from multiple nations, including Denmark, Spain, France, the Netherlands and the United States. https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/nato-members-sending-ships-jets-to-eastern-europe/6410472.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/nato-members-sending-ships-jets-to-eastern-europe/6410472.html Mon, 24 Jan 2022 21:26:16 +0200 News Two years ago, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a public health emergency of international concern. Then there were fewer than 100 cases and no deaths reported outside China. Those numbers now stand at nearly 350 million cases and more than 5.5 million deaths. https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/who-chief-world-will-live-with-covid-19-for-foreseeable-future/6410465.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/who-chief-world-will-live-with-covid-19-for-foreseeable-future/6410465.html Mon, 24 Jan 2022 21:21:02 +0200 News The country has so far fully vaccinated just over a fifth of its population of 15 million people, mostly using vaccines either purchased from or donated by China. Nearly a third of Zimbabweans have received at least a single dose of the Chinese vaccine. https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-china-covid-19-vaccines/6399224.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-china-covid-19-vaccines/6399224.html Sun, 16 Jan 2022 22:52:07 +0200 News COVAX is the international alliance working to ensure the equitable allotment of COVID vaccines to low- and medium-income countries. https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/covax-delivers-billionth-vaccine/6399024.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/covax-delivers-billionth-vaccine/6399024.html Sun, 16 Jan 2022 17:18:06 +0200 News This is a bit of good news for a continent that has been devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which is entering its third year. As of now, the World Health Organization reports more than 10 million people in Africa have been infected with coronavirus and more than 230,000 have died. https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/omicron-surge-in-africa-is-flattening/6395891.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/omicron-surge-in-africa-is-flattening/6395891.html Thu, 13 Jan 2022 23:14:42 +0200 News The patient, David Bennett, 57, knew there was no guarantee the experiment would work but he was dying, ineligible for a human heart transplant and had no other option, his son told The Associated Press. https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/heart-transplant-big-to-man/6390950.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/heart-transplant-big-to-man/6390950.html Mon, 10 Jan 2022 23:37:19 +0200 News The newspaper quoted Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, who is also the Minister of Health, as saying, it costs over US$70,000 annually to train a single doctor. https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-doctors-nurses-training-recouping-millions-of-dollars/6376656.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-doctors-nurses-training-recouping-millions-of-dollars/6376656.html Fri, 31 Dec 2021 03:46:04 +0200 News The eight countries, which include South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Malawi, will remain on a list of nations deemed as high-risk, with travellers from those nations subject to additional restrictions upon arrival https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/travel-ban-malaysia-south-africa-zimbabwe/6372935.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/travel-ban-malaysia-south-africa-zimbabwe/6372935.html Tue, 28 Dec 2021 19:25:20 +0200 News