Zambia: Govt Asks For Help With Cholera As Schools Remain Shut During Outbreak

Cape Town — Primary and secondary learners in Zambia will resume school on January 29 – three weeks late – the education ministry announced as the country’s cholera cases reaches 7,000 and 273 people are dead.

Health Minister Sylvia Masebo said that the 60,000-seater National Heroes Stadium in Lusaka is now being used as a health facility for cholera to ease the pressure on hospitals.

“We continue sensitizing our citizens not to buy food from unsafe locations and to observe the highest level…