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The U.S. expects to have enough vaccine to meet demand by May despite a planned pause in the use of Johnson & Johnson’s shot pending a review of rare blood clots. J&J said it’s delaying its rollout in Europe.

10 Apr 2021 / 08:49 H. LUSAKA, March 25 (Reuters) - Zambia announced plans on Thursday to vaccinate all people over 18, or 46% of the 18.3 million population, against COVID-19 as it prepares for a third wave of the pandemic. The southern African country has registered more than 87,000 cases of COVID-19 and the death toll from the disease is more than 1,000. Health Minister Jonas Chanda said health workers, the police, security officers, teachers and the clergy would be among those given priori...

2021-04-09 13:55:44 GMT2021-04-09 21:55:44(Beijing Time) Xinhua English LUSAKA, April 9 (Xinhua) -- The first batch of the COVID-19 vaccine will arrive in Zambia next week, the countrys Ministry of Health said Friday. The first consignment under the COVAX Facility consisting of 228,000 doses of AstraZeneca manufactured in India will arrive Monday, on April 12. "This is only one of the COVID-19 vaccines in the basket as approved by Cabinet and this will be done in a cautious and phased-up...

L-r: Former Health minister Brian Chituwo, former Livestock minister Bradford Machila and former High Commissioner to United Kingdom Bizwayo Nkunika at Mulungushi Conference Centre during the Levy Mwanawasa memorial lecture on August 18, 2018 – Picture by Tenson Mkhala FORMER health minister Dr Brain Chituwo has advised government to undertake a pilot study of the COVID-19 vaccine AstraZeneca before rolling out the project in Zambia. On March 25, 2021, Health Minister Dr Jonas Chanda annou...

Minister of Health, Jonas Chanda says Zambia is fortunate to have maintained a positivity rate of below 5 percent for the past two weeks as the COVID pandemic has continued to upset the world, with countries in Asia and Europe continuing to contribute the largest numbers of daily new COVID – 19 cases. He said the country recorded a lower 3 percent of the total number of people tested for COVID this week as compared to last week’s 4 percent. However, Dr. Chanda appealed to Zambians to remain...

Health Minister Dr. Jonas Chanda says Zambia has been allocated doses of the Johnson and Johnson Covid-19 vaccine in addition to the COVAX facility. Speaking during the routine COVID 19 briefing, Health minister Dr. Chanda said the government through the Ministry of Health continues to explore additional options for vaccine acquisition through the three-pillar strategy and it recently received communication from the African Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT) established by the African Union...

2021-03-15 14:55:35 GMT2021-03-15 22:55:35(Beijing Time) Xinhua English LUSAKA, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Zambia has started demanding a valid negative SARS-CoV-2 certificate for any visitors to the country, its health ministry said on Monday. The southern African nation has started demanding the certificate which should not be older than 72 hours failure to which travelers will be tested at the points of entry. "As the pandemic continues to revolve across the globe and closer to home, our po...

Lusaka - Zambia: Minister of Health, Jonas Chanda is saddened by some online and social media reports purporting that Zambia does not have the capacity to store the

Some PF Ndola District officials have accused Health Minister Jonas Chanda of bulldozing his way by awarding more health projects to his Bwana Mkubwa constituency. Over the weekend, Dr Chanda officiated at a ground breaking ceremony for the upgrading of Kaloko mini-hospital in Bwana Mkubwa. The project becomes the fourth mega health related project to be commissioned in Bwana Mkubwa after Dr Chanda diverted two other projects that were earmarked for Chifubu and Kabushi constituencies. The devel...

Minister of Health, Jonas Chanda says the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIMA) will make treatment of medical conditions that require expensive medical procedures to be affordable for ordinary Zambians. Speaking when he visited Kamuchanga District Hospital in Mufulira District, Dr. Chanda said NHIMA will protect citizens from going bankrupt due to sudden illness that requires expensive medical procedures. He said in the past, citizens had to sell houses and other properties to enable them t...