Government says Zambia has not recorded any more cases of the coronavirus after the two first cases of the deadly disease was recorded yesterday in Lusaka.
Minister of Health Chitalu Chilufya has told the media in Lusaka that the couple found with the coronavirus is still in isolation, with their condition almost stable.
Dr. Chilufya said the two children of the couple with COVID-19 are still being monitored but confirmed that they have not developed any symptoms of the disease.
And the Minister stated that the surveillance team is on the ground to contact all the 82 passengers from disembarked off the Emirates flight which carried the couple which has the coronavirus.
He said as the country strive to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, all public gathering will continue to be suspended.
“The two cases we have recorded are imported, so we have not recorded any human to human transmission of COVID-19 in Zambia. We can only avoid human to human transmission of coronavirus if we stick to the rules,” Dr. Chilufya explained.
Dr Chilufya added that churches and drinking places should observe reduced operation hours with taverns and night clubs only allowed to operate for two hours in a day.
He disclosed that trading at markets will this weekend be suspended temporarily to allow for the cleanup of the place as a measure to prevent the virus.
And Minister of National Guidance and Religious Affairs Godfridah Sumaili has called on the church to heed the directive by government to reduce worship hours to not more than an hour and ensure high levels of hygiene at their premises.
Mrs Sumaili has asked the churches to cancel all conferences that were scheduled to take during this period as the country enhances the fight to arrest the coronavirus.
She said all churches should be part of the solution to stop the spread of the coronavirus by avoiding gathering, washing hands during the meetings and by keeping their surroundings clean.
Meanwhile Minister of Chiefs and Traditional Affairs Lawrence Sichalwe has called on traditional leaders to take a leading role in sensitizing their subjects on the coronavirus.
Mr Sichalwe said his ministry will engage chiefs to ensure that they get on board with their indunas to sensitize people in the communities on the need to keep themselves safe from the coronavirus.
From the time the outbreak was recorded, over 207,855 cases have been recorded worldwide with about 8648 deaths reported while only 34 African countries have been affected with 16 deaths recorded.
There are hundreds of coronavirus cases that are not recorded all over the country!!! People are being sent back home and turned away from hospitals , like Fairview in Lsk, when they go there with symptoms for coronavirus …Millions will die in Zambia because of incompetence. This is just the beginning the worst is still to come!!
Thank God that Ba Edgar listened to our advise of throwing away Amos Chanda and Kaizer Zulu from State House. Those useless replacements don’t attract influx of people to State House. That dull Chipampe and that other cartoon replacing notorious Kaizer should be thanked to reduce corruption and keep coronavirus from State house and Zambia.
I have been saying the same thing for a week.
Corona is already in Zambia.
Be in denial at your own peril.
These old ministers think they are immune.
They do not even have testing kit.
why do you always wish evil on zambia? People in zambia will not die from corona. Some of you where even sad when we didn’t have any cases. We have two now you wish for more.. Back to sender… The minister has just given you the right picture… but you start hallucinating with your own figures. Let those many with corona virus be only in your heard and continue entertaining your self with the numbers you are hallucinating on. Don’t bring them on this platform..
Zambians heard about coronavirus first on social media several weeks ago before the useless goverment started to talk about it. All along the useless goverment were busy planning how to rig the next elections and blindfolding their fellow Zambians with lies and terror
There’s a viral video making rounds that some Chinese people aboard Ethiopian Airlines arrived very sick in Zambia, they could not even walk on their own…they were taken straight to the hospital from KK international airport. Goverment is not tell us the truth, just like they did with the gassing! Someone somewhere has been paid big money to keep the bad news from the masses . What they’re forgetting is that lies have short legs!
They think blindfolding people with useless prayers will stop coronavirus from spreading keep dreaming! You will soon see a disaster like you’ve never imagined in your small minds. Time will tell…
@ Scandal after Scandal, please stick to politics and don`t touch on our praying for God`s intervention. ECL and HH are too limited to give us what we want, buT our God is well able.
Also Chinese man aboard an Ethiopian aircraft arrived very sick in Zambia, he was carried from the aircraft and taken straight to the hospital from NDOLA airport. The sweating Minister knows the real figures of people who are infected but he has been paid to keep his mouth shut!
This is nothing to be excited about because the 2 infected individuals have already infected other people in whom the virus is still incubating. Very soon the symptoms will manifest. In most countries which were far more prepared to deal with the virus than Zambia is, the pandemic started with just one infection.
Trust this crook at your own peril