Zambia : Funeral gatherings pose challenge in combating Covid-19
Overcrowding at funerals has continued to pose a challenge to efforts aimed at containing the spread of Covid-19 in Chipangali district. And members of the District Epidemic Preparedness Committee have expressed concern with the practice that has continued despite the rising numbers of Covid-19 positive cases in the country. Reformed Church in Zambia (RCZ) Reverend, Joseph Soko noted that the church was finding it difficult to tell people not to attend funerals in large numbers because of the tradition which was attached to those rites in the area. Rev. Soko said there was so much tradition a...
Source: lusakatimes.com