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TERENCE MISELO Writes@SunZambianMUSICIAN Danny Siulapwa famously known as Danny Kaya has expressed gratitude to all his fans and followers after he was recognised with a an award owing to his musical contribution on issues to do with health.Danny said he is happy to be recognised and owes his success to his band and sponsors especially […]
ANDREW MUKOMA writes@SunZambianTHE New Kazungula District Hospital has hosted over 350 truck drivers who were Covid-19 positive since the disease broke out.Kazungula District Health Director, Chimuka Haankombo, said that currently, the institution was being used as an isolation centre for Covid-19.Dr Haankombo said that since the outbreak of covid-19, the facility had looked after over […]
KALOBWE BWALYA writes@SunZambianA COVID-19 National Prevalence Survey has been launched targeting a population of 19,000 people in 10 provinces.Additionally, Government has commissioned the Zambia National Public Health Institute (ZNPHI) testing laboratory to boost the county’s testing capacity for Covid-19Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya, said the laboratory would increase the number of Covid-19 tests conducted by more […]
IT is unacceptable for the country to continue recording cervical cancer deaths among women when the disease is treatable and preventable, Government has said.North-western Province Deputy Permanent Secretary, Emmanuel Chihili, said Government had put up interventions to reduce incidence rate for cervical cancer through vaccination against the human papilloma virus (HPV) for girls between 14 […]
Minister of Health Chitalu Chilufya has called on the public to continue adhering to the public health guidelines to avoid the resurgence of COVID-19.Dr. Chilufya says COVID-19 has negatively affected livelihoods hence the need for members of the public not to be complacent even as the country continues to record a reduction in the cases.The […]
THE numbers may be dropping but now is not the time to relax in the fight against the spread of Covid-19.As at yesterday, Zambia’s cumulative total of Covid-19 cases stood at 14,830 according to the Ministry of Health daily update.Minister of Health Dr Chitalu Chilufya made an appeal to the public to avoid complacency despite […]
BARS and Night Clubs were given the go ahead to operate on a temporal basis just last week but it is clear that no lesson was learned in the 6 month Covid-19 suspension.Reports coming out of the Copperbelt mirrors the sceanrio in many parts of the country where the leisure spots are operational outside of […]
ZAMBIA is slowly edging towards 13,000 confirmed Covid-19 cases and there seems to be no respite insight.In fact the latest Covid-19 updates have shown a worrying pattern where the virus is slowly making its presence felt across all the provinces.Unfortunately, every Covid-19 case is not just a number but an actual dent in already limited […]
JACKSON MAPAPAYI writes@SunZambian THE cases of COVID-19 in North-western province have risen to 435 since the outbreak of the pandemic.Solwezi, the provincial capital, has the highest number of cases at 265 cases as of yesterday.North-western province Minister, Nathaniel Mubukwanu, said the rising numbers were alarming and that it was entirely upon every individual to adhere […]
PATRIOTIC Front National Youth Chairman Kelvin Sampa has tested positive for COVID-19. Mr Sampa who has since been admitted to Levy Mwanawasa isolation centre tested positive after he started feeling unwell and decided to take a COVID-19 test whose positive results came out yesterday. He has since called on people in the country to strictly […]
