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One-hundred-and-eighteen touts who were last week arrested in Harare for public nuisance under police’s ongoing “Operation No To Touts” were convicted and fined between $300 and $500.

The Upgrading of Wilkins Infections Diseases Hospital is now at an advanced stage, with officials expressing optimism on reopening of the facility to members of the public tomorrow.

Journalists on duty are allowed to operate during the 21-day lockdown using their 2019 Press cards until the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) issues them with new ones, a top police officer has said.

The Harare Institute of Technology (HIT) has developed a ventilator which it is testing before trials begin, with the potential of making 40 such gadgets per day, while other tertiary institutions are already producing sanitisers and masks, as they join the fight against Covid-19.

Government has recommended the monitoring of more than 13 000 Zimbabwean nationals who entered the country through Beitbridge Border Post after South Africa entered a three-week lockdown on Friday last week.