Dear Editor,As the Coronavirus continues to claim more lives, it is my appeal that the National Health Emergency Opera- tions Center under the Zambia National Public Health Institution will heighten surveillance of people enter- ing Zambia. The surveillance should not just focus on people coming from affected countries but even those classified as low risk countries as we can’t afford be on go-slow in terms of health security as some countries can even downplay the virus outbreak in order to save face. They say safety is better than sorry. Prevention before it hits is key. We can’t wait until someone tests positive for us to go into full-protection mode. The news making rounds is that the virus has managed to jump borders, with confirmed cases in at least 45 countries. Now that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has placed Zambia among the 13 top high-risk African countries due to direct links and high volume of […]
Zambia must be alert to coronavirus
