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NUMBERS don’t lie, from a daily average of less than a 100 jumping to 1,000 confirmed Covid-19 daily cases in the space of a week is terrifying. Worse still, Lusaka has seen it’s health facilities come under strain. Last Friday, Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary in charge of technical services Kennedy Malama, said a new […]
POPULARISE COVID-19 VACCINEHERE is need for more Zambians to buy into accessing the Covid-19 vaccine if we are to curb the spread of the deadly virus.With the third wave now confirmed, it is up to individuals to ensure that they are protected from infection.According to the Centre for Diseases Control (CDC), the risk of severe […]
Child Fund donates towards Covid – 19 fightLuangwa Child Development Agency working Child Fund Zambia, have donated medical supplies worth K61, 000 to Luangwa District Hospital. Presenting the donation, Luangwa Child Development Chief Executive Officer, Danford Makayi, said his organization is concerned with the impact of the pandemic on children. He said the impact of […]
By SANFROSSA MANYINDA THE construction of primary health care facilities across the country will reduce maternal deaths and take health care services closer to the people, Health Minister Jonas Chanda has said. He said Government was closing the gap and reducing distances people covered in accessing health services. Dr Chanda said primary healthcare was important […]
THE past month has seen a drop in daily Covid-19 positive results but this does not mean that Zambia is now coronavirus free. Just recently, Minister of Health, Jonas Chanda stated that Zambia is not immune to the current threat of the third wave of Covid-19 that European countries and some parts of Africa are […]
Forget about dashing looks, a man with a big farm and pot-belly to boot literally leaves village women weak in the knee. Such men don’t even need fancy pick-up lines as the pot-belly and earthly possession do all the talking. “I can take care of you besides I have a big farm, which will be […]
Vice President Inonge Wina on Friday told parliament that Zambia has not recorded any Covid-19 related deaths among pupils in schools which opened on February 1, 2021. Mrs. Wina said government was ensuring that all pupils and teachers are protected against the spread of Covid-19 by providing all the necessary measures required to fight the spread […]
IT is shocking to hear that old superstitions around witchcraft has resulted in the suspension of essential coronavirus surveillance in North Western province. Chavuma District has recorded several Covid-19 cases and is in an area that has various economic activities happening and so has potential for the virus spread. Reports from ZANIS are that some […]
THE announcement of less than a thousand laboratory confirmed Covid-19 cases yesterday is not comforting in that it may indicate a failure in testing. Zambia has made the unprecedented milestone of 70,248 coronavirus with 974 Covid-19 related deaths. The positivity rate at 18% may seem fair, but news from across the globe raise the nagging […]
Lumezi District Health Director Evans Phiri has bemoaned the high number of malaria deaths in the district. Dr Phiri expressed worry that the district has continued to record fatalities due to malaria, with a total of 21 malaria deaths being recorded between January 1 and December 31, 2020. ZANIS reports that Lumezi district last year […]
