Three (3) more COVID-19 patients have been discharged as no new case has been recorded in the last 24 hours, health minister Dr. Chitalu Chilufya has said.
During the latest COVID-19 update Saturday afternoon, Dr. Chilufya said the cumulative number remains at 40 with 28 recoveries, 2 deaths with 10 remaining active cases of which 2 are on the Copperbelt while the remaining 8 are in Lusaka.
And Dr. Chilufya has said an autopsy conducted on the latest deceased patient from Kafue confirmed that the man had a chronic illness.
Dr. Chitalu said all the contacts for the deceased man including his family, health workers, friends all totaling to
51 have been tested and are negative.
“Because this happened in Kafue, we have gone further to extend and expand surveillance in Kafue to enhance contact tracing considering that it is now a hotspot in order to avoid any new infections,” he said emphasizing that there is no need for panic.
And Dr. Chilufya further said 74 tests including alerts were conducted in the last 24 hours of which all of them tested negative while 2,072 have been discharged after completing the 14-day mandatory quarantine.
And Dr. Chilufya has confirmed that 3 American based Zambians contracted and succumbed to the Coronavirus and further said no Zambian student in China has contracted the virus.
“By the grace of God we have seen improvement and progress in the fight against Coronavirus but we should remain committed as government implements a multisectoral approach towards the pandemic,” he said.
He said the government will not be complacent in the fight against the pandemic and emphasized that there is transparency with all the statistics being mentioned and warned that the law will visit those abrogating the prescribed measures.
Dr. Chilufya thanked all those that have continued to donate towards the fight and recognized the donation of 5,000 masks by the (5) special assistants to President Edgar Lungu who include Mr. Issac Chipampe for Press and Public Relations, for Politics Chris Zumani Zimba, for Economic and Development Affairs Hibeene Mwiinga, for Project Implementation and Monitoring Andrew Chellah and for Legal Affairs Sukwana Lukangaba.
Has thanked all those that have been supportive by following the directive given by president Edgar Lungu and encouraged for all stakeholder commitment to the fight against the pandemic.
Continue lieing to yourselves …next you will hear that the devil is coming at night and infecting people randomly in Zambia with covid-19
We have a cousin who has died from a cold this afternoon yet the statistics ain’t moving. Initial analysis is that
Remember the kafue man never made it on sick list. He graduated straight to death least only two days after dying
Death list
The death angel tarino is upset that people are being cured. He will only rest when more souls die. Some people live off the death and blood of others. It is clear to see. The devils don’t even hide it anymore. Very sad and pathetic. They are not happy that the country they left is doing better at handling this virus than their developed orphanages .why are you upset? Is it us who forced you to become asylum seekers
Kz its true this tarino is a archangel of satan ,why does he want people to die,he is just like his paymaster hakainbe hachilem
Interesting how so many people who came in close contact with the deceased managed to stay negative. This is almost too good to be true. However, we also know that at the end of the day, this virus will clear in most cases and the infection will only become fatal to those with health conditions. In this respect, let’s stay committed but let’s not panic.
Is tarino normal sure ?why always questioning every progressive report ?maibe is a mental asylem seeker, where ever is his hiddin.
This Tarino is just some stray demon..command it eternal madness..what kind evilness is that?
Hope this is just slightly off and continue to hold. So worried about my people in Muchinga, North Western, Western, Northern, Luapula, Southern, Eastern, CB, Lusaka, Central. Please take , follow the guidelines.
Take care
Only a foool can believe such stats without questioning…it had to take the death of this man for them to do tests if he had underlying issues what does that tell you? Chilufya’s cooking will soon be exposed…sadly more people have died and not been recorded as covid-19 and there are people who are asymptomatic who are still out there.
Keep on lying….which tests are these guys doing…Convid 19 test are very complicated….even USA is struggling to do tests because they’re very expensive….Zambia is doing inaccurate Convid 19 tests and giving inaccurate results
We dont have Convid 19 test kits…the money was used to procure an expensive Presidential Jet which is used by Bandit President Lungu and his stooge Kaizer Dunderhead Zulu
The whole of Africa has raising cases of coronavirus with only two countries left without any recorded cases as of 11th April.
In Zambia coronavirus is spreading silently. Don’t be fooled.
This man was discovered to ve the virus yesterday, & he died yesterday too. So in less than 48hrs Chilufya & his team managed to track all the people this man came into contact with, and at the same time ,tested everyone also…hahahhaha! And also- No One was positive! Everyone was jst negative. Eh. Chi Chilufya nikkali bane ayi.
For those of you that never sat around a big fire at night and listen to the elders telling fairy tales or folk stories.This is exactly what us who experienced it head it. Chilufya is telling u folk stories now guys.
Sipho Phiri equally disputed the results as he pointed out out to lack and quality of testing. He was fired from the IBA board for TV that. Some diasporans above are of the same belief-they have the same thing in common with Sipho: THEY HATE EDGAR LUNGU AND PF, SUPPORT THE REGIME CHANGE AGENDA THAT SEEKS TO PUT HH IN POWER. But with Chitalu and his team succeeding, IMF on GRZs side, 2021 is looking rosy for PF….