The Zambia Medical Association has disclosed that 16 medical doctors have succumbed to COVID-19 from January 2021 to date.
Association President Dr. Samson Chisele says the Association is worried to see such a huge number of frontline health workers die during this difficult time.
Dr. Chisele has described the loss of the 16 doctors as a fivefold increase compared to 3 who died in 2019.
Meanwhile, Dr Chisele has welcomed the government’s decision to approve the acquisition of Covid-19 vaccines saying, it will lessen the disease burden.
Dr. Chisele said the decision is long overdue looking at the many health experts and ordinary citizens who have succumbed to the disease.
Minister of Health Dr. Jonas Chanda says about eight point three million Zambians are expected to be vaccinated.
Dr. Chanda says over three million people will benefit from the free vaccine through the Covax mechanism while the government will have to source for funds to buy vaccines over four million people.
Zambia has continued battling the Covid19 pandemic and has in the last 24hours recorded 325 cases with 4 deaths.
This is very serious indeed. Is this information true? Did all the 16 die from COVID 19 Or otherwise? This very alarmimg.
OMG REALITY NOW GETTING INTO SOME DVMB HEADS …….
AND THE SAYING GOES YOU CAN RUN BUT CANT HIDE
SUCH A WASTE OF HUMAN LIVES POOR SOLES AND ALL THEY WERE DOING IS TRYING TO SAVE LIVES
AND OF COURSE THE MINISRTY WILL DENY RESPONSIBILTY
AND STILL NO VACCINE !!!!!!!!!!!!!
How many have died in Europe and UK and USA specifically? Whilst the deaths are unfortunate this is nothing compared to deaths in so called rich developed nations. So fuseke ba diaspora
18 million in zambia 200+ million in UK
do the maths u id10t
plus grossly under declared in zambia
You should try your best not to take anything trolls say seriously. No matter how poorly they behave, remember these people spend countless unproductive hours trying to make people mad. They’re not worth your time of the day.
Who’s not at risk? Doctors are also flesh and blood and therefore bound to get infected.
THIS GOVERNMENT COULD HAVE BOUGHT ENOUGH VACCINES JUST TO TAKE OF DRS AND HEALTH PROVIDERS ON THE FRONT LINE
INSTEAD OF WASTING MONEY ON CHEAP POLITICS
We’re already short on doctors so for someone to dismiss these deaths as nothing compared to Europe or America is really foolhardy indeed.
Eishhhhh……that’s a big number to lose these noble workers. Let’s start the vaccinations so lives can be bsaved
*saved
…..and up to now we are still waiting for vaccines while SA where we copy and paste from are well into their second month with vaccinations…..