The flooding situation in Lundazi district has led to an increase in diarrhoea cases.
The district has recorded over 100 cases of non-bloody diarrhoea in the past 7 days.
Lundazi District Health Services Director, Simon Mwale stated that following the water contamination owing to flooded wells and pit latrines, diarrhoea cases have been on the rise.
Dr Mwale disclosed that a total of 111 diarrhoea cases have been recorded, including 17 affecting children aged between 0 and 4 years.
This came to light during a stakeholders meeting on the flood disaster situation.
“One case of bloody diarrhoea has been recorded too,” Dr Mwale said.
Meanwhile, all health facilities in the district have received chlorine for distribution to households in their catchment areas.
” We have been distributing liquid chlorine to all households and granular chlorine is being used by the facilities for improved sanitation and also for treating water in shallow wells,” he stated.
“17 cases of skin conditions have also been recorded in the last 7 days,” he said.
Meanwhile, 65 percent of works have been done on the Mphamba bridge.
The Road Development Agency (RDA) and the Zambia National Service (ZNS) are jointly working on the bridge to bridge.
