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 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 08:32:55 +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 ZimbabweHealthWorld 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... https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/6492679.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/6492679.html Sun, 20 Mar 2022 01:14:43 +0200 ZimbabweAfricaUSAHealthWorld (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 ZimbabweAfricaHealth 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... https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/6449700.html https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/6449700.html Sat, 19 Feb 2022 00:30:56 +0200 NewsAfricaHealthWorldZimbabwe 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 ZimbabweAfricaHealth 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 NewsAfricaHealthWorldZimbabwe Company hoping for clinical trials in November 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 NewsAfricaHealthWorldZimbabwe "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 NewsAfricaHealthWorldZimbabwe Health authorities plan to meet parents and teachers to discuss the importance of vaccinating 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 NewsAfricaHealthZimbabwe Pope Francis: Receiving and understanding science data is ‘human right’ 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 NewsAfricaHealthWorldZimbabwe “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 NewsAfricaHealthZimbabwe voadigital@voanews.com (Gibbs Dube) Reinforcements come as US, Britain order embassy staff withdrawals citing an 'increased threat of Russian military action' 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 NewsAfricaHealthWorldZimbabwe Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says while coronavirus is circulating, it will continue to mutate in unpredictable and dangerous ways 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 NewsAfricaUSAHealthWorldZimbabwe 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 NewsAfricaHealthZimbabwe China reports an omicron case in Beijing, site of February’s Winter Olympics 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 NewsAfricaHealthWorldZimbabwe After a six-week surge, WHO says Omicron has recorded its first drop in cases, marking the shortest-lived surge so far on the continent 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 NewsAfricaUSAHealthWorldZimbabwe 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 NewsAfricaHealthZimbabwe 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 NewsAfricaHealthZimbabwe 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 NewsAfricaHealthWorldZimbabwe