Sun, 07 Jan 2018 13:10:15 +0000 By Hapenga Haamubbi The recent outbreak of cholera in Lusaka and President Edgar Lungu’s direction to the military to help fight the spread of cholera, which has so far killed over 50 people in the nation’s capital and made more than 1,500 others sick since late September provide useful lessons for the rest of Zambia. The state must not take away town and city council control over street vendors. The outbreak began on September 28 last year, but appeared to die down by October 20, with fewer than five patients reported weekly until November 5. The number of cases then surged, with 136 in the week beginning November 26, the World Health Organisation reported. Presidential spokesman Amos Chanda said in a statement that the President believed emergency measures were needed to contain the waterborne disease, including the closure of some markets. The outbreak was initially confined to densely […]
