Health Minister Dr. Chitalu Chilufya disclosed that Zambia has recorded 3 new COVID-19 cases out of the 487 tests conducted in the last 24 hours.
Dr. Chilufya disclosed that the three cases involve a 55-year-old truck driver from Tanzania who entered Zambia through Nakonde on the 26 April and is admitted to Masaiti after being quarantined in Ndola.
Dr. Chilufya said the second case involves a 36-year-old man who is a contact of a known case of Lusaka while the third case is a 13-year-old young girl from Mtendere who was swabbed at Levi Mwanawasa hospital.
He said all the cases are not only isolated but are having their contacts traced.
He said cumulatively cases now stand at 109, 74 discharges, 3 deaths and 32 active cases which are all stable except for a 3 months old baby who was diagnosed with pneumonia and is surviving on oxygen but assured that health experts are working tirelessly to ensure the life of the precious baby is saved.
Dr. Chilufya acknowledged the hard work and patriotism of all health personnel including other workers in the country during the difficult time of COVID-19 even as the country commemorates labour day which is being celebrated today under the theme “Reducing Developmental Inequalities through Sustainable Job Creation”.
On the continued surveillance and screening, Dr. Chilufya said the team is today in the Rhodespark area where they are conducting massive screening to replicate what they did in other parts of the city.
“This screening will continue to take place because our strategy remains and involves case finding, and quarantining these cases, ensuring that we do community sensitization to avoid new infections,” he said.
He reiterated the need for all to adhere to the Coronavirus preventive measures if the country is to effectively deal with the pandemic.
The graph is going up then somebody is relaxing conditions, my friend we are on our own. If you expect somebody to take care of you then you’re out of your mind
Lesser infections plus no deaths for how long now ? We thank our men and women in uniform for doing an outstanding job. We also thank God for having his angels flying around Zambia. We know the devil worshippers in diaspora are wondering why their adopted countries are seeing thousands die while humble Zambia remains steadfast in this fight. Did we tell you to run away and become immigrants? Let your masters save you. Cheers to the weekend. I am sipping on my vintage bottle of dom perignon. Cheers
LT editors, you’re too slow in updates. We got the briefing earlier from other sources. We are getting used to these stage managed updates. If PF government can hide 6.8 million US dollars what more about releasing the data which they have in their hands.
Mtendere is getting prominent with cases and also high density and so why are you testing Rhodes Park first??
@ Kaizar Zulu, calling Zambians in the diaspora “devil worshippers” serves as another confirmation of what most of us already know about you: That you’re a barbaric, uncivilized thug who’s allergic to decency
We thank God indeed and applaud our health workers for being there day and night, even on holidays like this, to provide us with latest updates.
While some continue to wait for the bomb to explode and cases to spike, most of us know that they will soon start to tumble down as slowly as they are rising. If we stand together in solidarity, Zambia can defy this crisis and declare this obstinate virus non grata.
Stay safe!
Praise God
Love-Zambia – That is merely an impostor based in the UK if you log on your PC you will see the UK flag on its name. Here we treat him like a floating turd in a public toilet cubical that does not go away when you flush, just close the lid and use another cubical.
Yet again another foreign person who has come in with the virus….you know that John Magufuli and his govt are laid back with covid-19 fight but you are still allowing their truck drivers in the country. This is why we need a task-force we can not one man and his dull boss fight this pandemic.
Sorry for the baby, we all pray for its recovery very soon. It’s a precious baby as Hon Dr Chilufya correctly says.
Tarino is obsessed by me and the pf government. I don’t even want to waste my time on this small boy who is owing women like kapema money. As for love Zambia, my dear I did not say all diasporans. There is a minority of them, who am sure you will be able to tell, constantly wish evil and negative things on Zambia. They criticize the government all day and are very spiteful. Those are the devil worshippers. At the other end we have good genuine diasporans e.g.nine chale. Lovezambia pleass note that I am using a vpn which redirects my IP address to a UK one. This is for security reasons. I am very much so based in lusaka Zambia. I will die here in my country.kz
KZ please be civil and decent in your language. By calling people names even when they are just contributing meaningfully does not make you a smart person. You injure a lot of people with your attitude. Being in diaspora is not a sin. Some of us have contributed much more to mother Zambia than you will ever do. Please.
Great work for the men and women in the health sector. Now please, dont make their work difficult by allowing false prophets and papas to start gathering.
It’s now over a month since the front-line staff were separated from their families ant yet it hasn’t been made known what incentives are there for them. Their colleagues in other countries have already started to receive allowances while here they’re just being called heroes by word of mouth. GRZ has received substantial amounts of money to cater for such expenses, can Chilufya explain how he’s spending that money? We want an explanation not intimidation. Health workers are complaining, what does his conscious tell him
Great work indeed to all women and men in the health sector and shame on the prophets of Doom and they know themselves.
Wishing everyone sick with COvid -19 a quick recovery.
Kalebalika mukwai
13 year old baby?
Some days ago we were assured of 2000 tests per day yet we receive less than a quarter and still allowing infectious humans in our country, for what sake? All the best to all.
I have to understand this issue of COVID -19 economically I can even lecture Tarino Orange. The usual language is stay at home if you can’t take care. From yesterday’s cases three were truck drivers 1 from south Africa, two other drivers fromTanzania and Zimbabwe. Today 1 from Tanzania. Tarino’so question is why allow truck drivers from these countries. Most movements occuring now are economical. If we stop trucks from entering Zambia what are doing locking down. How do we get essential goods from other countries, like fertilizer, fuel. At this particular even the western countries where you stay they easing lockdowns meaning allowing just some movement. The reason being economical, allowing some little bit of comerce and industry. Tanzania is very important to Zambia and other…
Tanzania is very important to Zambia and other countries because a lot of goods pass through this country. So Zambia will continue receiving cases from other countries through truck drivers until it is dealt with in those nations .
Triple they don’t say they are testing 2000 a day. They say they are aiming to test 2000 people in this or that areas. That is why you hear them say they are still in this or that area. The figures are cumulative not per day. It is now they are aiming to be testing at least 1000 a day
The way the COVID -19 is being handled is pathetic. There are on going local infections and you say you are having one team in Lusaka? Are you serious? Each township in Lusaka mus have a team of contact tracers ASAP if we are to win this battle.
When we suggested closure of the airports we were called evil. Dr.Chilufya , Home Isolation and quarantine does not work. In each each district , come up with such facilities for isoaltion and quarentine.
KZ ,you demon from the pit of hell ! We have families and friends in Zambia. How ca we ever wish our families and friends dead?
Please People ..don’t waste time on assh@les like KZ whose IP address is in UK .
Honourables, Can we please stop defending the opening of churches. It was a big f**k up, it has sunk in the people, nothing you can do about it except to make it worse. The sooner you let us forget it the better.