Dr. Chilufya said Zambians must continue observing the primary interventions to complement the secondary ones like oral cholera vaccination (OCV) aimed at containing the Cholera outbreak.
He however, said that the oral cholera vaccination coupled with other interventions put in place by government have curbed the further spread of the disease in the country.
The Minister explained that government, working with its partners successfully administered two million oral cholera vaccines during the phase one to people in the epic centres of the disease which helped in curbing the cholera outbreak in the country.
ZANIS reports that Dr. Chilufya said this in a speech read for him by Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary for Administration, Dr. Kennedy Malama during the administration of phase two of oral cholera vaccination campaign in Lusaka today.
He stated that government has received an additional of over 670 000 vaccines for the remaining two sub-districts, Matero and Chipata.
Earlier, World Health Organization (WHO) Country Representative Nathan Bakyaita praised the Zambian government for providing leadership in the fight against cholera.
Dr. Bakyaita said the provision of clean and safe water, observance of hygiene standards and practicing of hand wash during critical times is crucial in the fight against cholera and other water bone diseases.
Since October 2016, when the outbreak was first declared in Lusaka, the country has recorded 5, 672 cases and 112 deaths accumulatively, mostly from Lusaka district.
Zambians please napapata; STOP GIVING THOSE CHEMICALS to our young. Just what kind of pipo are we mwebantu? Just because your colonial masters have told you the ‘poisons’ work and straight away you administer to our young? Iyeee mwebantu, l have never seen such idiocyncracies in a people. Don’t say l never warned you guys, watch out
Imwe just develop good drainage for the public. All these are bandage solutions. Besides my biggest fear is how much you will say this exercise will cost. I hope it won’t be $42M per son
A clinical trial conducted on 2 million highly exposed individuals of African descent… without consent
Please stop this nonsense you foools Chilufya stop it. These organisations like Bill Gates have an agenda for Africa…when you hear them talking about population rise in land rich Africa you should be suspicious. Why would anybody need a vaccine for cholera.
As far as I know there is no vaccine for cholera.