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Zimbabwe: Severe Water, Sanitation Crisis Undermines Pandemic Fight
HRW, 15 April 2020
Zimbabwe government measures to combat COVID-19 should include urgently providing continuous and affordable access to sufficient safe water to people across the country, Human… Read more »
COVID-19 and Water Shortages in Zimbabwe - Crisis Within A Crisis
Zimbabweans have been for years scrambling to get enough clean water to drink, prepare meals and attend to basic hygiene and are now concerned over what impact the ongoing water crisis will have on their ability to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The need for good hygiene like handwashing is key to protecting public health and responding to the virus. The World Health Organization has emphasized this, noting that the provision of safe water, sanitation, and hygienic conditions is essential to protecting health during the COVID-19 outbreak.
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15 April 2020
Unsafe Water Raises COVID-19 Risks in Zimbabwe
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- Human Rights Watch
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Long before the coronavirus pandemic, much of Zimbabwe suffered a severe water and sanitation crisis. On March 30, 2020, Zimbabwe, like many ... see more »
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Zimbabwe: Coronavirus and Water Shortage - a Crisis Within a Crisis
263Chat, 23 March 2020
For Chido Musanhi, a Harare resident, water shortages have brought a life changing experience as she wakes up around 3am on separate days to fetch water from a nearby community… Read more »
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18 March 2020
The Best Handwashing Video You've Seen - So Far...
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- allAfrica.com
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Handwashing in the time of the novel coronavirus... Noah Tau Louw shows us how to clean our hands - for at least 20 seconds - as it's one of the most ... see more »
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Zimbabwe: 'Make Soap, Sanitisers Affordable'
The Herald, 25 March 2020
The Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) has urged relevant authorities to make affordable and avail sanitisers and soap as basic commodities to reduce the spread of the deadly… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Senior Doctors Only Ready for COVID-19 Fight If Protective Wear, Food Is Availed
New Zimbabwe, 25 March 2020
Zimbabwe's doctors have informed the government they were prepared to join the fight against the coronavirus outbreak only when the requisite protective personnel equipment is… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Chamisa Tells Mnangagwa to Put Zimbabwe Under Lockdown
New Zimbabwe, 23 March 2020
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa on Monday urged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to place Zimbabwe under lockdown including banning all incoming international flights with immediate effect. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Relief As Schools Close
The Herald, 25 March 2020
Parents have commended Government for ordering the early closure of schools as a precaution to reduce the spread of coronavirus. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Crowded Open Markets Face Closure
The Herald, 25 March 2020
The Mbare Fresh Produce Market, Mupedzanhamo and other public markets with huge traffic can be closed any time if there is need to do so as a way of stopping the spread of… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Zimbabweans to Feel Impact of South Africa Lockdown
The Herald, 25 March 2020
With over half a thousand confirmed cases of Covid-19, South Africa has moved its response a notch up. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Chamisa Calls for Army Intervention to Fight COVID-19
New Zimbabwe, 25 March 2020
MDC president, Nelson Chamisa has called for the immediate deployment of the army and police to help enforce strategies prescribed by government in the fight against the… Read more »
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Zimbabwe's Minister of Health Obediah Moyo, has confirmed the death of Zororo Makamba, a 30-year-old broadcaster who was the second person to test positive for the novel ... Read more »
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Zimbabwe has postponed its 40th independence anniversary celebrations scheduled for April 18, as well as other public gatherings and international sporting events as part of ... Read more »
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The water crisis in Zimbawe's second largest city has worsened with the local authority revising weekly water shedding hours from 72 hours to 92 hours. In a stateme Read more »
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At least 60% of water sources in the country are unsafe, leaving many families at risk of diarrhoea, UNICEF has said. In its latest update on the humanitarian situation in ... Read more »
