STAY AWAY FROM LUSAKA
....as epicentre it’s highly risky
Non-Lusaka residents must stay away from the capital because it is the epicenter of locally grown cases who have been involved in routine activities which might have endangered other residents.
NON- LUSAKA residents have been advised to stay away from the capital as it has become highly risky following the increase in locally grown Covid-19 transmissions within the city.
Health minister, Chitalu Chilufya said yesterday that the country had recorded one more positive case for Covid-19 bringing the total number to 36 and that 34 cases of these were in Lusaka while 2 were on the Copperbelt.
NON- LUSAKA residents have been advised to stay away from the capital as it has become highly risky following the increase in locally grown Covid-19 transmissions within the city.
Health Minister, Chitalu Chilufya said yesterday that the country had recorded one more positive case for Covid-19 bringing the total number to 36 and that 34 cases of these were in Lusaka while 2 were on the Copperbelt.
“The new case is from a male adult who traveled from Pakistan and transited through Dubai, then Johannesburg to Lusaka aboard South African Airlink Express,” he said.
Dr Chilufya said nine cases were victims of person to person contacts with people who travelled to Pakistan but that they include people who had been involved in routine activities within Lusaka.
“One is a person who went for a religious meeting and interacted with a person who came from a jurisdiction which had Covid-19. Another is a driver who drove a person from a Covid-19 hit country and the other a maid who works for a family that went to Pakistan,” Dr Chilufya said.
Dr Chilufya said the cases in Lusaka came from Jack compound, Chaisa and Ibex Hill. He called on non-Lusaka residents to stay away from the capital because it was the epicenter of locally grown cases who had been involved in routine activities which might have endangered other residents.
Dr Chilufya said the increase in person to person transmissions of Covid-19 in Zambia should trigger a change in the response towards the virus.
And Government has identified Courtyard Hotel near Parliament motel and Old Victoria Hospital in Longacres in Lusaka as Isolation Facilities among many others.
Dr Chilufya said all the Isolation facilities were equipped with basic and sufficient equipment.
Meanwhile, the Association of Indian Community in Zambia (AICZ) has donated K2 million worth of various items in the fight against Coronavirus pandemic.
The Items donated include sanitisers, hand wash, bleach, chlorine, syringes, needles, vitamins and dextrose and stationary.
Other items include gloves, face masks, isolation masks, goggles and eye protection as well as protective boots.
AICZ Board Member Nitesh Patel said the pandemic had brought about catastrophic and devastating effects on the economy and people’s lives globally.
Mr Patel said as a result of the K2 million donation, the Ministry of Health will have access to a 40 room facility on Nangwenya road and Victoria Hospital in Longacres with a 20 bed capacity.
He said a 4,500 square meter warehouse which has been converted into a 400 bed facility with 20 toilets and bathrooms as well as 10 fully furnished flats with 3 bedrooms has equally been secured.