SIMON MUNTEMBA writesHE is sneezing, coughing and his body temperature is high. This could be the infamous coronavirus, a mother of a 10-year-old boy couldn’t help but worry as she, in panic, wondered about her son seated outside the doctor’s examination room at Lusaka’s Matero Level One Hospital. Too many questions are hammering through her mind. She remembers hearing about black people being immune to COVID-19, and that children don’t get sick. So why should her son be the proof to bust the myths around the deadly disease? From her panicky voice, it seems she was gripped with fear at the possibility of her son testing positive to COVID-19. Her facial expressions could confirm she had a stressful day looking for symptoms in her child who had fallen sick while at a local school. However, after medical examinations, the boy was found to be suffering from flu caused by the common cold virus and not […]
Coronavirus: The fight that must be won
