Copperbelt Provincial Medical Officer Robert Zulu says Kitwe Teaching Hospital has run out of bed spaces for COVID-19 patients due to the steep rise in Covid-19 cases.
Speaking in an interview with ZANIS in Kitwe yesterday Dr. Zulu said the province has continued recording an increase in the number of people testing positive for the disease.
“Currently we have a total number of 150 people admitted for COVID-19 in the province and Kitwe Teaching Hospital wards are full already because we are receiving a high number of people that are testing positive,” Dr. Zulu said.
He added that the consumption of oxygen is very high and the number of death cases are still high in the province, a situation he attributed to the non-adherence to the Covid-19 preventive measures by communities.
Dr. Zulu who could not give the state of the mortuaries said he was yet to check the mortuary in Ndola to see if there was still space as the death rate continues to rise.
He however stated that the province is also having quiet a good number of people being discharged from hospitals.
The medical official said the situation is already overwhelming and appealed to the people to observe the five golden rules of covid-19 prevention so that the cases can start going down.
Dr. Zulu noted that if people in communities do not adhere to the preventive rules, the cases will continue skyrocketing and the health facilities will be totally overwhelmed.
He noted that there are still some people that doubt the existence of covid-19 stating that these are the ones that are not adhering to the preventive measures prescribed by the Ministry of Health.
Not only Kitwe. UTH in Lusaka is also at maximum capacity. And worse: the morgue next to UTH is full and can’t accept any more bodies. And what is the horrible government of the thieving president Edgar China Lungu doing? I don’t see zero action, we have only seen that obese GBM making a statement on two defecting UPND-ers. Without of course saying anything on the four PF-ers who went the other way! PF: Lying about everything, not delivering anything!
I GUESS PEOPLE HAVE SEEN THE LIGHT AND WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON
Ba diaspora upnd all you do is complain and criticize like a bunch of h.u.l.e.s. your Indian friends raised millions and sent it to india when delta variant hammered them. They even donated oxygen from abroad. Yet here you are waffling without a single donation to your name. Fuseke
@Kaizar Zulu, how the money you sore from the GRZ. Donate that sh*t or else shut the f*ck up before you start forming.
Funerals are the silent super spreader in zambia, in other countries we saw how only trained officials covered from head to toe were the only ones conducting burials with maybe two or three family members of the deceased, but here the entire church members, work mates, komboni mates, political party mates and the entire family clan members will be present at the burial site amidst a ravaging deadly corona virus, IT’S SAD.
Black.Mamba VIVA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HOWEVER THE TR0000 LL DONT HAVE MONEY
The reason not to vote for UNPD, you cannot be wishing what is happening at Kitwe Central Hospital and UTH. It is a shameful strategy to get to get to plot 1. With this kind of behaviour, UNPD will be confined to one province. The raise in convid-19 is not only confined to Zambia, check neighbouring countries.
Black mamba you are angry because you are angry with yourself for not doing anything to help your country of birth. We don’t blame you because you are broke there abroad.
On sunday the 20th of June 2021 my childhood friend from Kalulushi died from Covid-19 today Thursday 24th of June 2021 her husband has also died living behind children who are now orphaned. If this continues Zambian Goverment shout start digging mass graves
On sunday the 20th of June 2021 my childhood friend from Kalulushi died from Covid-19. Today Thursday 24th of June 2021 her husband has also died living behind children who are now orphaned. If this continues Zambian Goverment should start digging mass graves
Donating to the PF government is as good as flushing money down the toilet.
These are people who have publicly squandered social cash transfer funds as well as COVID-19 money.
Donating to the PF government is as good as flushing money down the toilet.
These are people who have publicly squandered social cash transfer funds as well as COVID-19 money with no shame.
Why is Zambian social media showing a picture of a dead rat? Has something happened to koswe?