By OLIVER SAMBOKOABOUT 50 learners that have been swabbed for Covid-9 countrywide have tested positive to the virus, Health Minister Jonas Chanda disclosed yesterday. Speaking during the daily Covid-19 update, Dr Chanda said in the last 24 hours, over 6, 500 students were screened countrywide, and that 50 were found positive.Dr Chanda disclosed that most of the positive cases were recorded in Southern Province.He said Government through the Ministry of Health has since scaled up screening and swabbing of learners at learning institutions as part of the compliance monitoring system aimed at stopping the spread of the virus.Dr Chanda said health experts are continually providing context specific guidance to schools around the country, adding that positive students will be managed at home while their contacts are traced and the school environment sanitised.“Our teams of Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), Environmental Health and Surveillance experts are continually providing context specific guidance to schools around the country,” he […]
50 pupils test positive for Covid
