PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEPOLITICISING COVID-19 FIGHT WILL BE DISASTROUS FOR ZAMBIANdola, Zambia. Monday, 4th October 2021Since the first Covid-19 cases were reported in Zambia in March 2020, the country has recorded 209,163 cases with 3,649 citizens dying from this deadly disease. These are not mere statistics but our fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, and children.Sadly only less than 3% of the eligible adult population is vaccinated against Covid-19 even when a “Fourth (4th) Wave” of the pandemic is imminent. The “4th Wave” may overwhelm or even collapse the country’s healthcare system with hospital admissions and deaths, anf may lead to deadly socioeconomic consequences.Globally, 232,245,651 Covid-19 cases have been recorded with total number of deaths approaching 5 million. The most developed country in the world, the USA, is the world’s most affected country accounting for 15% of the world’s cases, and over 700,000 deaths. And despite the availability of Covid-19 vaccines there, 70 million Americans remain […]
Increase the number of vaccinated eligible adults from the current less than 3% to at least 70%, in order to achieve “herd immunity” says Dr Jonas Chanda.
