Zambia should brace for second phase of COVID-19

Dear editor,

The Minister of Health Honourable Dr. Chitalu Chilufya recently sounded a warning that Zambia will experience the second outbreak of Covid-19 in December. This is in spite of the country recording reduced cases of coronavirus.

Honourable Dr. Chilufya warned the country during the Covid 19 update last Friday. Dr. Chilufya disclosed that the country recorded 90 new Covid 19 cases from 6,483 tests conducted in the last 24 hours.

Zambia like any other country in the world has been affected by the coronavirus pandemic from the time the disease broke out in China in December. The impact of coronavirus has been felt by many countries.

The coronavirus pandemic has no cure at the moment and the researchers across the globe are conducting trials on the efficacy of the drugs purporting to cure coronavirus.

The Minister of Health advised that people should continue adhering to the health guidelines in a bid to prevent the spread of Covid 19. These health guidelines include masking up, washing hands with soap, sanitise and maintaining of social distance, among other measures.

Most people have stopped observing the health guidelines as preventive measures against Covid 19 because they believe that coronavirus is finished. This is wrong. The gist of the matter is that coronavirus is real and it is still prevalent despite our country recording reduced number of cases.

As the adage goes, “prevention is better than cure.” In this context, let us try as much as possible to adhere to the preventive measures against coronavirus as advised by our hardworking Minister of Health.

In my aforegone conclusion, I implore people to continue observing the health guidelines as we brace for the second outbreak phase of Covid 19 in December. Kudos to Dr. Chilufya, the hard working Cabinet Minister for the valuable information on Covid 19 and other related health matters.

ELEMIYA PHIRI,

Lusaka.