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Zambia records 130 new COVID-19 cases, 5 deaths – Zambia: News Diggers!

Health Minister Jonas Chanda MINISTER of Health Dr Jonas Chanda says he is keenly following developments in Malawi, Zimbabwe and other African countries which have started rolling out the COVID-19 vaccine as Zambia awaits the arrival of its first consignment. And Dr Chanda has announced that the country has recorded 130 new COVID-19 cases out of 3,166 tests conducted and five deaths in the last 24 hours. In a statement, Sunday, Dr Chanda stated that the country was closely following scientific developments being used in decision making regarding the COVID-19 vaccine. “The Ministry of Health collectively with its partners are closely following developments globally to ensure that only high level scientific evidence is utilized for our decision making. We are particularly following developments in Malawi, Zimbabwe and other countries close to home who have situations similar to our own local context and have started rolling out COVID-19 vaccination programs. This will provide

Chanda warns against laxity of COVID-19 guidelines during long weekend – Zambia: News Diggers!

MINISTER of Health Dr Jonas Chanda has warned citizens to be on guard during the long weekend by ensuring they adhere to COVID-19 guidelines as they attend social gatherings to avoid infection. And Dr Chanda announced that the country has recorded 131 new COVID-19 cases out of 5,487 tests conducted and four deaths in the last 24 hours. Speaking during a COVID-19 update, Thursday, Dr Chanda urged citizens to ensure they adhere to the laid down COVID-19 guidelines. “As we head into this long Easter weekend, we anticipate a number of social gatherings. We wish to remind our people that these congregate settings are a conduit for super spread of COVID-19, as many people attend these events with poor adherence to the public health guidance. Despite the reduction in our case positivity, I wish to remind us all that the risk of infection remains high, particularly in congregate settings. Therefore, I wish to earnestly appeal to each and every Zambian to be on guard this long weekend. D

Women, Youth Day celebrations will be virtual – MoH – Zambia: News Diggers!

Health Minister Dr Jonas Chanda Minister of Health Dr Jonas Chanda has announced that this year’s Women’s day and Youth Day celebrations will be held virtually in order to avoid large gatherings which could lead to a super spread of COVID-19. In a statement, Dr Chanda also announced that Zambia recorded 410 new COVID-19 cases out of 4,718 tests done in the last 24 hours. “Ladies and gentlemen, the COVID-19 situation update for the last 24 hours is as follows: We recorded 410 new cases out of 4,718 tests conducted (9 percent positivity). Of these positive samples, 274 were collected in the last 24-72 hours while 136 were older than 72 hours. The new cases reported by province are broken down as follows: 105 Copperbelt, 88 North-western, 76 Lusaka, 45 Eastern, 29 Luapula, 26 Central, 21 Southern, I I Northern, and 9 Muchinga. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases recorded to date to 82,421,” he stated.

Zambia records 60% reduction in COVID-19 cases – Zambia: News Diggers!

Zambia records 60% reduction in COVID-19 cases – Zambia: News Diggers!
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