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Minister of Health, Jonas Chanda says the country has continued to record reduced numbers of COVID-19 admission cases. Dr Chanda said the cases are improving from statistical highs of 510 cases per day at the peak of the second wave of the pandemic in January 2021 to as low as 183 cases today. He however, said majority of those admitted are critically ill, and emphasized that this is a reflection of the circumstances in communities and the need to keep observing COVID-19 preventive measures. “COVID-19 situation update for the last 24 hours is as follows: We recorded 234 new cases out of 3,...

by Douglas Tilton, World Mission | Special to the Presbyterian News Service The Rev. Valente Tseco is President of the Presbyterian Church of Mozambique, a partner organization of the PC(USA). (Contributed photo) SOUTH AFRICA — After comparatively low rates of COVID-19 infection throughout most of 2020, Southern Africa experienced dramatically increased caseloads in the wake of the holiday season. In Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection more than doubled during January 2021. The spike in infections appears to have been driven in part ...

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The country has recorded almost 60 per cent reduction in the daily numbers of patients admitted to coronavirus (COVID-19}isolation centres, Health Minister Jonas Chanda disclosed here Wednesday

Health Minister Dr Jonas Chanda Minister Dr Jonas Chanda says Zambia recorded about 7.1 million cases of Malaria last year with 1,875 deaths. And Dr Chanda says Zambia loses over 700 mothers and three times the number of neonates from preventable causes annually. Meanwhile, European Union Charge’d affairs to Zambia Bruno Hanses has pledged the unions support in crafting an effective communications strategy on the COVID-19 vaccine. Speaking during a virtual meeting, Wednesday, Dr Chanda said there was a significant funding gap of around US$6 million for Malaria case management and commodi...

The European Union (EU) has mobilized 58 million Euros additional support to Zambia towards the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. In 2020, the EU had secured 2.7 million Euros, for the procurement of essential medicines and lifesaving commodities towards the fight against Covid-19. This came to light when Minister of Health, Jonas Chanda, held a virtual meeting with European Union Charge’d Affairs, Bruno Hausens, who was representing the EU Ambassador to Zambia, Jacek Jankowski. Dr. Chanda received the financial support and thanked the European Union for the continued support in several...