The number of pupils quarantined for suspected swine flu fever has risen to eight with Thomson hospital recording three admissions while Luanshya mine hospital has registered two more cases.
Luanshya District Commissioner George Kapu confirmed the development to ZANIS in an interview today.
Kapu has ordered the suspension all social gatherings and functions to avoid the spread of the disease until the specimen results are known.
Yesterday three pupils from Luanshya mine trust school were quarantined at Luanshya mine hospital for suspected swine flu.
And Luanshya mine hospital chief medical officer Borniface Zulu told ZANIS interview that the results were not ready and were expected over the weekend.
The trust school has since been closed as a measure to prevent the spread of the disease.
And One hundred and twenty pupils at Ndola’s Technical School for Girls have been quarantined for suspected Swine Flu.
Ministry of Health Spokesperson, Kamoto Mbewe, told ZNBC news in Lusaka on Friday that the affected pupils are on symptomatic treatment for Swine Flu.
Dr. Mbewe said pupils at the school have been asked to stay home while medical experts are investigating the disease.
And Dr. Mbewe disclosed that two new swine flu cases have been recorded in Lusaka.
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lord hav mercy on our poor country headed by RB
Chifine nothing else,all they have to do is to keep warm, chapwa
What is the govt doing about promoting cleanliness in the country? I was in Zed recently and was very disappointed with the lack of concern from the council, and most importantly the people themselves. What will it take for Zambians to realize that sanitation is fundamentally important to health. Do we have to wait for a donor country to tell us to clean our surroundings? Come on, we can do better than that.
TB brought Swine flu from South Africa.
I thought Africans are immune coz there have been a few cases where African were affected. I guess i was wrong. Since we have no proper health system in Zed, its my prayer that this should not affect many pipo. As usual our govt is always slow to act unless when it is time to win votes from us poor citizens…
Ba George Kapu swine fever is not all that important, we have more pressing problems to talk about in Luanshya. Man bant there need jobs not mere talk. HIV/AIDS has been there and you dont talk about it. Iwe Mr. Foluku Kapu you impressed me as one DC who is focued but that was fake. Shut up and talk of something else. Swine fever is not a factor but jobs and putting food on the table is very important.
SWINE FLU SCAM – MAN MADE IN LABORATORY !
Just as I was saying the other day – beware, this flu is man made scam!! Made to aid population reduction and control! Refuse their poisoned killer vaccines!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Take Vitamin C and get some sunlight each day for Vitamin D. Don’t get immunised! Look this stuff up if you don’t believe what is being said.This is the same old big pharma game of spreading the fear of a pandemic and then offering up the solution. Remember 1976 – Swine Flu pandemic hoax- 5% died, 10% maimed for life from taking the vaccination – “Dont take the vaccination!!”
ba INVESTIGATOR .health is of more importance.you sound so shallow speaking like that.whats the point of having jobs when u wont be able to work the next week because ur dead???HIV/AIDS is not transmitted through breathing and is a desease that can and has been contained to some extent.unlike swine flu HIV depends on the nations morals.H1N1 however spreads faster than a fire,there are no condoms or abstence to keep it under control..get you facts rights before displaying your ignorance.
This swine flu, we are ready for it – let it come, come, come, come, come…
Lord have mercy my family is in lya 🙁
1984 is dope ya all better recognise his prophetic voice on this blog b4 its 2 late.
“Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me”
People have been dying of various types of flu for ages, and flu epidemics are nothing today compared to what they were a hundred years ago. The hoax part is the commercialisation of disease through mass media scare tactics, and some people have been making obscene profits out of that. Remember the anthrax scare and the millions of antibiotics sold to the governments of Canada and US. We’ve been eating animals that carry bugs for ages, but animals have been recently rediscovered as a profiteering tool for the industry. A local case in point is the Avian Flu in Greater Vancouver, and the price of chicken that doubled, but has stayed there. How convenient.