Zambia has announced a raft of measures, including suspending political rallies for the 12 August election, to deal with a surge in Covid-19 infections following an alarming increase in numbers.
Africa Daily News, New York gathered that in the last 24 hours, the southern African nation has recorded 48 deaths from Covid-19 – the highest toll the country has reported.
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Simon Miti, secretary to the cabinet, told a media briefing that in the last 24 hours out of 12,928 tests, 3,026 were found to be positive for Covid-19.
To mitigate the surge, Dr Miti said all schools would close for 21 days while tertiary institutions would conduct online classes for a month.
All conferences and general workshops were suspended until further notice, Dr Miti added.
AFRICA DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK
