The Ministry of Health says it will soon start running radio and TV adverts and stick posters to sensitize people on swine flu.
And the Ministry has described as stable the condition of the four victims who were recently diagnosed with swine flu in the country.
Ministry’s Spokesperson, Reuben Mbewe, said in an interview with ZANIS in Lusaka today that the adverts are aimed at sensitizing the general public on the dangers of the pandemic, how it is transmitted and how to prevent it.
Dr Mbewe said the ministry has taken major precautions against the virus and is working in partnership with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and other donors to ensure that the country is safe from the pandemic.
He said WHO has since given the country masks and over 1,000 dosages to treat the virus although there is no vaccine against it yet.
Dr Mbewe said the committee on swine flu that was recently formed under the Ministry of Health is meeting regularly to counter check and ensure that the pandemic is put under control.
He further said that three out of the four victims who were diagnosed with the disease in Zambia are quarantined in a camp in Ndola while the other is with relatives in one of the farms in Lusaka.
Dr Mbewe said that the victims are being monitored by his ministry if case of any latest development
A total of 816 people have died of swine flu worldwide, while some 100,000 more have been affected by the influenza ) virus, also known as H1N1.
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What have they been waiting for? some deaths so they test the hearses?
interesting that LT has stopped writing about Kapoko – wonder why?? Anyone with info on whether PS and directors in charge of procurement, accounts, audit and HR will also be picked up. It doesn’t make sense to pick up juniors only – where were the bosses?
If you don’t want to get swine flu, don’t get the vaccine.
I knew it will come to this.
Swine flu is not the biggest danger here – it’s the vaccine.
The scale and speed of the planned vaccination programme is insane given that the overwhelming majority of those who have contracted the virus have had very mild symptoms Never was this more important than with the conspiracy to force swine flu vaccination upon the global population. The swine flu virus was created in a laboratory to generate mass panic with the specific intention of forcing everyone to have the vaccine.The vaccine is the real thing.
This should have started a long time ago. Mufwaya abantu bafwe first. Get cracking, MOH. Nishani?!