Zambian Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Dr Chilufya becomes the second Cabinet Minister to test positive for the pandemic after Chief Government spokesperson Dora Siliya last week.
Updating the nation on COVID-19 in Lusaka, Secretary to Cabinet Dr Simon Miti said the Minister took a test for the Coronavirus and the results have came out positive.
Dr Miti said Dr Chilufya has gone into self-isolation and will remain there until he is discharged by health authorities.
He said health officials have commenced contact tracing to ensure that his contacts do not transmit the virus.
Meanwhile, Dr Miti has announced that the country has in the last five days recorded 137 COVID-19 cases bringing the cumulative number of Coronavirus cases to 1,057.
He said this is out of the 4, 264 tests conducted in the last five days and that the cases were detected through Community screening, contact tracing, point of entry screening, contact tracing, point of entry screening and health facility surveillance.
Dr Miti said 56 cases are from routine screening with Lusaka recording 19, Nakonde with 27, Chilanga 5, Ndola 3, Chinsali 1 and Kitwe 1.
He said 33 were Truck Drivers 24 of them from Nakonde, 2 in Ndola, 2 in Chipata and 1 in Chirundu while 26 are health workers all from Lusaka, 16 contacts to known cases, 7 from Nakonde 6 in Lusaka, 1 in Kabwe and 2 in Mansa.
Dr Miti said 4 cases were from Hospital Surveillance all from UTH, 2 from points of entry at Nakonde.
And Dr Miti said 443 patients were discharged in the last five days 392 of them from Muchinga, 39 from Levy Isolation centre in Lusaka, 6 from Copperbelt, 5 from Kabwe and 2 in Lusaka
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