Coronavirus: Zambia records eight additional cases

25 Avril 2020

Lusaka, Zambia, April 25 (Infosplusgabon) – Zambia has recorded eight additional cases of COVID-19, of which four are medical officers, President Edgar Lungu announced on Friday.

The latest 8 cases, bring the cumulative number to 84, including three deaths. Thirty-seven patients have recovered from the infection and 44 patients remain under isolation but all are in stable condition, except for one patient being treated for severe malaria.

President Lungu said 15 healthcare workers have so far been infected with COVID-19 while in their line of duty. Two have recovered while 13 are stable.

“As we strive to preserve the country’s health security by scaling up COVID-19 control interventions, we remain alive to the impact these interventions have on the economy of the country.

“We have to choose life or livelihood or both. Our expenditure on COVID-19 has been unplanned; our exports are constricted. Copper prices are at an all time low. Tourism has been run aground due to COVID-19. The exchange rate is not as it should be; and businesses out there are hurting. I feel your pain,” the President said.

He said churches, barbershops and salons can now resume operating normally provided that people wear masks.

President Lungu said people can also resume conducting sporting activities like golf and tennis but bars in such places should remain closed.

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