THE disclosure yesterday by the Minister of Health, Dr Chitalu Chilufya that a 10-year-old girl in Kabwe has tested positive for Covid-19 should now more than ever jolt Zambians into accepting reality that they are under threat from an invisible enemy.Whereas they have tried to pretend that they are immune from the coronavirus that has ravaged the world, the grim reality is that it has reached residential townships – Lusaka and Kabwe, not forgetting Kafue.During yesterday’s national update in Lusaka on Covid-19, Dr Chilufya said the girl had come into contact with a child who had visited their house from Lusaka’s Marrapodi Township, who also tested positive.He said the child from Lusaka had a flu and a fever at the time her family visited Kabwe.Dr Chilufya said among the new cases was a 56-year-old man of Kafue and a 40-year-old woman, who stays in the same house with the initial patient from Makeni.Dr Chilufya said […]
Grim reality
