Zambia has recorded 472 new COVID -19 cases, the highest in a single day since the outbreak of the disease in March this year, from a 1 851 tests conducted in the last 24 hours.
Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya said 3 more community deaths have been recorded bringing the number to 139, and that 15 people are on Oxygen in health facilities, and that one is critical.
Dr. Chilufya said that President Edgar Lungu is concerned and has called for the adherence to public health guidelines for the country to curb the spread of the disease, adding that Covid-19 is real hence the need for aggressive community action.
Dr. Chilufya said that in the coming week, the country will see enhanced community activities aimed at combing the communities for positives and isolate them in homes or in designated places.
Speaking during the daily update, Dr. Chilufya said that the impact on the COVID -19 on all the sectors has been serious and there is a need to deal with COVID -19.
Dr. Chilufya also called on the partners and stakeholders to ensure they translate their pledges into tangible support such as financing adequately key interventions like testing, case management to stem COVID -19, and called on Zambians to heighten community hygiene and be responsible and stop the spread of COVID -19.
Dr Chilufya said that in the coming week, the country will heighten community engagements and activities with key stakeholders such Church Mother bodies, Management of Markets to help fight the Coronavirus.
And Dr. Chilufya said Lusaka is the epicenter of the Coronavirus, while the Copperbelt has become a hotspot for the virus.
The country NOW has a total of 4 328 cases.
Zambians have started dropping dead on the streets from Coronavirus..First video is already making rounds on Zambian social media!
If he is that concerned, let him sign a lock down order and stop political campaigns in the name of working visits!!
The virus could have been contained had it not been these PF officials who are so careless.
They thought they are immune to the disease and the only sad situation is that innocent people affected too.
PF must go!
Wishing Lusambo a quick recovery from virus. He contracted from Parliament and he transmitted to Kitwe at a market rally. Now CB is the hot spot.
Get well Bowman.
We told these fooooools that they worst was yet to come but they never listened, we were even called doomsayers …they just carried on dancing, if that lazy man in State House was taking this pandemic seriously he would have suspended or moved this thief to another ministry.
The numbers of cases is raising and bodies are being brought in dead yet the number of people on oxygen has remained constant …what does that tell you? There is a limited number of ventilators …ask this thief Chilufya how many ventilators they have and what they have done with the funds.
It is sickening to see comments from diasporans gloating over a surge in infections caused by the cold season. A phenomenal being experienced globally and referred to us second wave. These dunderheads think that their hh will win because there are more covid cases. This is how daft these asylum seekers are
When the results from Nakonde started coming, I said that ‘ I hope it will not be a case of a boy who cried wolf’ Most of those results were being cooked up. Now we’re experiencing actual Covid and he is already crying for pledges to be actualized. This man lost credibility a long time ago and if the government is serious about addressing the issue they must find someone else.
Dr Chilufya Chitalu urging partners and stakeholders to translate their pledges into tangible financial support to fight covid-19. – Really, a man allegedly facing corruption charges for stealing covid-19 funds can not inspire partners and stakeholders to release more money. So that all the money for covid-19 is stolen further? – Laughable as long as PF is not serious with fighting corruption, funds will be withheld from donors.
Time will tell…….tick tock tick tock tick tock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bowman, I sincerely apologize. Please accept my apologies, it is with 48 hours.
The above comment was under influence of weekend alchohol. Get well soon man.
He should resign, he has failed to run Ministry of Health. Donations were stolen and sold by cadres to the members of the public.
Lockdown must be effected now if we are to survive this wave, we don’t have reliable medical facilities in this Country.
The only way we will survive this disease is if God has mercy on us. Otherwise putting our lives in the hands of these people, we should have ourselves to blame.
Very dull and childish this @KZ. People are seriously concerned and pointing out that measures to mitigate the pandemic should have been and should still be robust, and all you can claim is that they are ‘gloating’. What a f.ool. No one wants to see a large scale of deaths in Africa. I have postulated and hoped time and again that we have some kind of resilience in Africa – and we could further have brought the numbers down by being more serious. Not hypocritically campaigning willy-nilly – knowing that this draws crowds.
Just ignore the juvenile UK based impostor he takes no responsibility for his comments as the boy is simply an impersonator with zero loyalty to anyone. What he posted two days two months ago means nothing…he will simply disappear like that N3z the coon, then come back again.
Huh Dunderheads ?????? put the weed away
Nostra…- Why apologise when you always post comments under the influence?
Didn’t we offer suggestions to your stubborn and useless pf led govt how to slow the virus? Today without an iota of shame, you open your dirty fecal smelling hole ati the diasporans are celebrating. You think we came to the diaspora because we hate Zambia? No we ran away from the useless corupt and tribal mafia system where a laboratory clinic cleaner gets paid more than a proffessor at UNZA.
Even now we are telling that corrupt Chitalu to advise Lungu ,its time to lockdown the country for at least 2 weeks. FLATTEN THE CURVE!
What is the distribution by district of those 472 new cases? Why are you hiding that vital information? Is it because PaF is the culprit because of its political campaigns? I can bet my last coin that the geographical distribution will tally with where PaF has campaigned in the last three to four weeks.
The World Health Organization (WHO) voiced alarm on Monday about the spread of coronavirus in Africa, particularly in sub-Saharan countries.
“I am very concerned right now that we are beginning to see an acceleration of disease in Africa, and we need to take that very seriously,” WHO emergency operations chief Mike Ryan told a press briefing from Geneva. “Many of those countries exist in the midst of fragility and conflict.”
Until recently, Africa had been relatively unscathed by the pandemic in comparison to other parts of the world that have been hard-hit, such as Europe and the Americas.
The continent has so far registered close to 725,000 COVID-19 cases and more than 15,000 deaths.
‘Warning’ for the rest of Africa
But the situation has now changed, especially in…
in South Africa, which has more than 360,000 infections and more than 5,000 related deaths. As such, South Africa alone accounts for 61% of Africa’s pandemic burden.
“South Africa may unfortunately be a precursor,” Ryan said. “It may be a warning for what will happen in the rest of Africa.”
South Africa’s numbers are by far the largest, and the country has seen a 30% increase in cases in the past week, Ryan said.
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By comparison, numbers in Kenya have increased by 31%, in Madagascar by 50%, in Zambia by 57% and in Namibia by 69%.
“I think what we are starting to see is a continued acceleration of transmission in a number of countries,” Ryan warned. “This isn’t just a wake-up call for…
Warning’ for the rest of Africa
But the situation has now changed, especially in South Africa, which has more than 360,000 infections and more than 5,000 related deaths. As such, South Africa alone accounts for 61% of Africa’s pandemic burden.
“South Africa may unfortunately be a precursor,” Ryan said. “It may be a warning for what will happen in the rest of Africa.”
South Africa’s numbers are by far the largest, and the country has seen a 30% increase in cases in the past week, Ryan said.
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By comparison, numbers in Kenya have increased by 31%, in Madagascar by 50%, in Zambia by 57% and in Namibia by 69%.
“I think what we are starting to see is a continued acceleration of…
An increase of 472 in a day bringing the total to 4328 cases. Zambia’s alarming 57% increase shows the incompetence of PF leadership.
Mostly is imported Continue with TRACE and strict measures at boarders and those flights now
Napthali -SA is transparent and more vigorous with its testing hence the high cases…in Zambia will only bodies brought in dead in cities, announcing of cases was suspended by the useless President Nakonde and Lusaka were forgotten then all the sudden they are surprised with the raise in cases.
Will be a great day when Chitalu gets Covid 19 then we will see what the money he has stolen with Lungu do for his health
PF must go or Zambia dies
May God bless the good people of Zambia and protect them from harm.