President Edgar Lungu has announced that measures he announced to contain the outbreak of COVID-19 in Zambia will be extended by another two weeks.
In a national address aired on state TV, President Lungu noted that the measures have yielded some level of success although they have a game away livelihoods of some people.
He announced that Zambia has as tidal horn a full week without recording any new case of COVID-19.
President Lungu explained that out of the 82 tests conducted over the last 24 Hours, none were found positive.
He said 17 patients were discharged over the past 24 Hours.
Below is the attached Speech
Zambia’s anti Covid measures should be extended for a month bcoz all the countries that are chief sources of flight passengers still have growing cases of the disease.
I am vendicted!!
Mukula scandals, I told you to shut the country.
Fire truck scandals, I told you to shut it.
Chitotela scandals, I told you to shut it.
Every single time I asked you to shut that Zambia.
Now shut down that Lusaka, shut it down. Put it in a induced comma.
This sounds in contradiction with logic. Why? if Zambia is not recording any increase in coronavirus infection, it implies government measures put in place to protect Zambians is effective and achieving intended objective. It therefore should mean the extension should be just for one week just in case. Does someone intelligent get it.
Zambia is a landlocked country its not an Island.. Two weeks should be minimum.. actually should be another four weeks. And borders should be closed for another six months.
We appreciate everything that is being done to prevent this from getting worse. This is not an easy time for leaders all over the world, especially in developing countries. We may not have adequate resources but we still have the will power and a good opportunity to stop the virus before it can even start to cause a social and economic disaster.
This man has failed us and nothing is working well under his leadership. Mines and businesses are closing due to his failure. A leader must assure the business community about the possible intervention he can to them. What is is doiing in state house!? Sit and drinking alcohol, useless President
Really laughable …its like a man sat in his house and saying there is no covid-19 in my neighborhood when he has only carried out tests on his wife and kids…these are dumb people…RSA is doing 1000 tests a day meanwhile Chilufya’s team is sat in Lusaka cooking results.
Anyway Lazy Lungu is no leader…these are wasted years!!
These clowns are jokers …talking of 82 tests for a country of 15,000,000
Bowman you can continue whipping your subjects for another two weeks!
what is surprising is only a few tests have been done an yet we have a big population…what’s the logic…let’s do more tests…and see what is really going on coz all our neighbouring countries have an increase in the combos cases…. meaning if we not care ful enough we can have a calamity..
GOOD DECISION BY GOVERNMENT… WE NEED TO OBSERVER AND THE HEALTH AUTHORITIES SHALL GUIDE EVEN IF IT MEANS THE NEXT THREE MONTHS… AS THE PRESIDENT PUTS IT : LETS CHOOSE LIFE.
We need more Testing Mr President. Not enough testing is being done for us to be able to breathe a sigh of relief.
Wise decision from the head of state. Whether you hate him or love him, fact is he is the president for all zambians including opposition. You can choose to abide by his directive or you can choose to seek another nationality. The choice is yours. We have those that have left who are in diaspora where thousands are dying. I know which country I would choose, and I am currently there , Zambia,!
And close the door on your way out when you decide to leave Zambia. Thanks
Well done ba President….l am sure even learned morons are not happy with extension. Only reason?? They are missing gossip in bars. Very sad
The Nation is happy to have its leader addresss them and give direction when necessary.Well done Sir.
However, concerns are in the area of testing which we feel needs to be hightened up.
Germany is seen to have managed the pandemic well because it went on a mass testing programme ….
If at least one third of our population is tested it will give us some comfort
Lives first. Very true. Now let’s look at a real scenario-widower owns a small complex in Chilenje which houses 3 bars and pays her K6,000 per month rentals as her income, two of her tenants just contracted loans a few months prior to shut down from micro-fins which they were paying monthly using their household and bar assets as collateral. Can someone tell me how this situation will unfold by 23rd April???
It is disheartening to learn that a country as big as Zambia only has one covid 19 testing centre in Lusaka .These figures chitalu and dora are preaching about to the nation are fake .This is a joking government which does not care about it’s people but cares about it’s bank accounts and pockets
Come on who needs this anymore? Open the bars before you force us all into unwanted sobriety.
Few, if any, country in Europe at the present time can have COVID 19 test results back within 24 hours of testing. This why I doubt the truth of what GRZ is telling us each day.
I have asked several times here why ECL has not made direct addresses to the nation and answered questions from the Press (In my opinion, this is for the message to be more meaningful through visibility, clear plans and leadership) I have since watched his TV address today and watched the last one as well. I don’t and would never wish him or anyone else ill health, but why is everyone so quiet about the fact that the man appears clearly sickly? I have listened to him before – not that he has ever been robust in his delivery, but in these two last broadcasts, he has looked a ‘broken shell’ of himself. Some of you may say whatever you want or accuse me of all sorts, but this is my objective observation. We should be honest about persons of public interest.
@Nostradamus just shut up you demonic agent of satan. We have constructive things to address.
It appears the coronavirus that is in Zambia is different from what is in the rest of the world. Whilst the one out there is killing people terribly the one the people in Zambia have does not kill because we are being told on these forums that the government is lying on the numbers. Boris Johnson got covit 19 , a few weeks ago and ended up in ICU. So which kind of coronavirus is in Zambia such that people have stayed with it for 5 months ie since December it has not knocked them down. Alternatively, we could have been hearing more deaths than usual with respiratory-related cases.
Kwena olo kufwaya ba PF ba filwa should it reach to the extent of wanting more people infected with a disease which is killing people in big numbers. Awe bane tulekwatako uluse. Its true PF has not governed as a…
Hahahahaha No COVID 19 or No accurate testing equipment…which one is which?….only testing equipment enough to test Ministers and you telling me there’s No COVID 19 in Zambia…people are dying of COVID 19 every day and guess what…its malaria or Hypertension as usual….
Great move your excellent. But weeks monitoring period is not good as people will only pretend to observe the rules. Behavior change in a country like ours is not an easy thing, especially where lukewarm supervision is event. We need militant supervision and longer period for people to begin to start Changing for good.
There he is……the biggest crooked president Zambia will ever have.
God forbid , that there will be anyone worse than this one……
Me thinks most of the people dying out in Europe from covid would have perished long time ago in Africa and were just kept alive by good health system and food in Europe…..
@AK Are you firstly aware that even the normal flu we suffer kuno has no cure? But how do we survive..Our Immune systems?The food we Eat??The Sun/Heat we have?? For the longest time Flu has killed alot of Europeans and Americans. CDC estimates that, as of mid-March, between 29,000 and 59,000 have died due to influenza illnesses. While as Africa, Zambia we struggle with Malaria, TB, HIV, Cholera etc
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