Tuesday, March 19, 2024

President Lungu Wishes Dora Siliya Quick Recovery After She Tested Positive for COVID-19

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President Edgar Lungu has sent a message of Goodwill and quick recovery to Information Minister Dora Siliya after she tested positive to COVID-19.

In a message sent to Ms. Siliya, the President described her as a champion against Covid-19.

President Lungu has also described Ms. Siliya who is also Chief Government Spokesperson as a patriotic citizen who loves her Country by continuing to send messages of precaution against the coronavirus.

The President has wished Ms. Siliya Gods’ blessings as she stays in self-isolation and hopes to see her soon in the cabinet.

This is according to a statement sent to ZNBC News this evening by Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Isaac Chipampe.

Last evening, Ms. Siliya revealed that she had tested positive for COVID-19. In a video message posted on her Twitter account, Ms. Siliya said that she has been very involved in the last three month in the communication and fight against the Coronavirus Pandemic with her Government Colleagues and that even after taking all precautions like washing her hand and face regularly, masking and maintaining social distance as much as possible, she tested Positive for COVID-19 Yesterday and immediately went into self-isolation.

Ms. Siliya further said that she is at the moment asymptomatic and is not showing any symptoms or feeling ill despite being positive.

The Minister further disclosed that she has alerted the Ministry of Health and given them all her contacts, especially in the last 10 days.

She has also given all the persons to the medical authorities in relation to all persons she has come into contact with within the last 10 days.

Ms. Siliya said that all her contacts will be contacted by Health Professionals and urged them to remain calm and work with the Health Officials so that they are kept safe, together with their families.

The Minister urged the public to continue with social distancing and masking and urged the public to remove the face mask with much care to avoid self-contamination

22 COMMENTS

  1. Both Lungu and Dorah should now go for contact tracing. This is it for them so i wish both of them happy retirement too.

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  2. How did Fora get the virus when we have been told daily that the people infected in the numbers presented are foreign truck drivers?

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  3. Interesting series of events. The president allows non critical Covid patients to be treated at home and a day later, boom, Dola has tested positive and she is in self quarantine at home.

    • The Minister further disclosed that she has alerted the Ministry of Health and given them all her contacts, especially in the last 10 days.

      DID SHE ALERT THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AFTER TESTING POSITIVE? How do you alert the department that is testing people for covid? Unless we been told that even private clinics or individuals are also testing people for covid. If that’s the case then what do you say about the statis been issued by the ministry? I wish I was a journalist I would have gone to those press briefings and asked and asked.

  4. Corona virus is making Dora lead by example.
    Please don’t open schools until we’re certain we got this.

    Our physicians must not wait for the world to find treatment. We should be proactive in finding solutions to this disease. How can Senegal be doing something about it as we fold our hands waiting for a remedy from the West.
    Damn it, where is Sondashi?
    We need Sondashi Formula II. Can’t we have a Zambia got treatment for Covid-19.
    This damp ground of the country, awe mwe. The only country you hear a Pharmaceutical company closing due to SARS-CoV-2. Dope!

  5. @chichi, asymptomatic or mild symptoms Patients Are equally on self quarantine elsewhere and if symptoms worsens can access the hospital. Consider the bed/ ward space and number of health staffs and workloads in hospitals/ clinics. Thanks,SB.

  6. I apologize to Dora for wishing her bad yesterday. It’s just that it is such an exciting news, even herself was so happy that she will be receiving “good will” messages, so I sent her a “bad will”. She should be working anyway on Monday, from home.
    The best for PF is to pray that Dora get hospitalized on ventilator, so Zambians can believe. If Dora will just be posting videos, half-naked like she doing, you bet PF will be tormented as the usual liars.
    I already miss Dora. I dreamed her last night. Wishing Dora a longer recovery.
    Xoxoxoxo

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  7. Ime naimwe, this is fake news. Who tested her? When and where? What was the motive of the testing?

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  8. I’m just wondering if Edgar Lungu was proposing love to Dora on the above captioned photo.

    Anyway, I’m insisting let all PF ministers be tested for covid-19 including Edgar Lungu.

    Edgar Lungu went to Zimbabwe on Tuesday and his counterpart Masisi of Botswana is on self isolation right now.

    We have this irresponsible Edgar Lungu who doesn’t care about others and Friday called a national address when he was supposed to be isolation, why?

    PF must go!

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  9. We are slowly but truly losing our humanity as a nation, because of politics. Some bloggers seem to celebrate deaths, misfortunates and illnesses of others.

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  10. Mutambo. Doris should not recover. She closed prime tv workers and their children are sufering in this covid-19. Ecl should consider paying retirees. Let Doris open prime tv before………..

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  11. I will only celebrate removal of bad and corrupt leaders in PF and ALL its associates. If corrupt elections cannot work may COVID-19 do the job for us. Repeat, I mean only the bad PF leaders. Having said that I pray that COVID-19 spares innocent Dora. We need you as running mate to a good leader to finish off Trible HH and his Sejani tribles of 2006 once and for all.
    Imagine this Trible HH preaches democracy but he has been dictator for 14 years now after being birthed by Trible Ackson…only a ***** can lead Trible UPND…. 14 years!! Even in UK they discard failed leaders after just two attempts!

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  12. @ mutambo when a witch in a village or neighbourhood in town is sick do pipo get sad i dont think so when u make decisions which deprive others of their livelihood becoz of politics u wud want pipo to be happy about it from kumawa we say chaouna muzako chapita mawa cilipaiwe

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  13. I wish Dora a speedy recovery . She risked her own life as she went round Lusaka’s poorest compounds talking to the people about Covid 19 .Her tireless efforts to serve the poor at her expense will be rewarded by God
    Wish you well and God bless you.

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  14. Ha, so COVID 19 has finally grabbed Silinyo CliDoris! Kunya we chinyo iwe! I would like to see who is on her list.

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  15. I want to know how she acquired the disease. How did it happen, if she has always been very careful?

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  16. These are dramatist of the worst kind who can do anything to gain publicity .If she has tested positive then Lungu ,Chitalu Chilufya etc need to self isolate for two weeks . This government should seriously think about getting more ventilators for Hospitals in Zambia .It is a shame that we can build Mansions in Swaziland and forty eight houses in Lusaka without owners but only have twelve ventilators at UTH . For God’s sake , UTH is the country’s best medical training centre but only has twelve ventilators ! .This government is worse than covid -19

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  17. We pray for Dora, we lift her up to our Father in Heaven for healing, comfort and protection. God is able in all things and we pray in faith and believing. We ask it all in the name of Jesus our Redeemer and Saviour. Bless her with your hand over her Father. Amen

    Keep positive Dora, Faith that can move mountains.

    It’s been stated that a lot of people have already been infected.

  18. Let her be isolated at levy hospital so they can monitor her properly.lets
    See how many contacts she had.
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