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COVID-19 ORDEAL THE moving story that we have published to day about a patient who is in isolation due to the novel coronavirus pandemic in Kabwe should jolt Zambians into reality that the virus is real. If anything, it should encourage them to take seriously all the medical preventive tips they have been getting from the Ministry of Health. The hitherto “it can’t happen to me” approach we have been subjected to from some people who have elected to disregard the health guidelines must stop. The patient’s advice is apt, that Zambians should heed Government’s directives on social distancing, wearing masks and staying at home among others because Covid-19 is real, dangerous and easily contracted. That is the plain truth that the Kabwe patient, now in an isolation facility has learnt, and wants to share his experience with the nation. The man is one of the Covid-19 patients admitted at Mulungushi University Isolation Centre in Kabwe and says the virus was dangerous because one couldn’t even tell where or how they got it. In his case, he believes he contracted the virus after a one-day visit to Lusaka’s Kabanana Township. “One day nasenda nobulwele, and it is that easy, sure,” he said. The patient said while in Lusaka he socialised with different people, including gatherings where people did not bother with social distancing and as a result it didn’t help him even though he was wearing a mask all the time. He thinks he could have got it from the surfaces or people he was touching. He said when he returned home, a few days later he started feeling unwell thinking it was the normal fever. He started with a headache and fever in the morning but by 18:00 hours his conditioned worsened as he started having difficulties in breathing. That is when he decided to go to a clinic where he was swabbed. He said he later tested positive for Covid-19 and was put in isolation where he has been for five days now. He says being in isolation was lonely especially for him who did not have a smart phone. “I am all alone in the room and only see a few people through the window. Medicines and food are only given at the door,” he said. A typical day for him starts with a bath, breakfast, medication, then a nap and more sleeping until lunch time. Then after lunch, I sleep some more, sit for a while and sleep some more. So it is a typical hospital room except there is no bedsider as we are used to. You are just alone and you cannot leave your room. He said he was very happy to be at the treatment centre because he has breathing difficulties especially in the night. “Pakupema kubikako effort, you really struggle, not the way we breathe normally. It is scary and I really wish people can heed the guidelines. I wish I had done so,” he lamented. The patient did not go out looking for the virus because as he explained, the Lusaka trip was just a casual outing because his friend was driving. The more reason that people should take the health preventive measures seriously – Stay Home. What is pleasing about the Kabwe patient though is that he appreciates the medical care he is getting, and is confident that he will get well. His message to the general public: Get tested for Covid-19. That is our appeal too to Zambians, accept the fact that Covid-19 is for real and follow the health guidelines.
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By MUBANGA LUCHEMBE
CHINSALI Member of Parliament Kalalwe Mukosa’s thoughts on UPND’s use of the death of a health worker, Ian Mutambo who died in a road traffic accident while transporting CovidD-19 samples to gain political mileage portray an honest and realistic analysis of the opposition party’s repugnant political posturing stunts (“Don’t politicise Mutambo’s death, UPND told,” Daily Nation, May 5, 2020). However, it must be noted that UPND politicians – many of whom are educated – are individuals who have become disillusioned with Hakainde Hichilema’s continued failed attempts at Zambia’s presidency and have chosen to vent their frustration by smearing the names of their opponents with filth on social media platforms to derail the present government’s efforts in the fight against Covid-19 led by Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya who hails from Luapula Province. This is very important, considering the fact that the country seems deeply divided along ethno-political lines. While their activities portray UPND politicians as unrepentant atychiphobiacontrolled critics, mainstream media reports as well as public opinion in Zambia have shown that there may be inhuman and shameful dimensions to their actions over Mutambo’s death, rather than genuine grieving. This is against the tenets of our cultural heritage, which presupposes respect for the dead. The late Mutambo lost his life as he travelled on a bus from Kabompo that plunged into the Kabompo River. He was carrying Covid-19 samples for onward clinical analysis. Meanwhile, President Edgar Lungu lamented that proper logistical procedures with regard to samples transportation were not followed. Perhaps fearing the adverse publicity this was generating, he has since instituted investigations into the deviation from laid down procedural operations against Covid-19 that led to the death of the medical practitioner. This tragic incident got me thinking. Perhaps the mandarins at the Ministry of Health were so preoccupied with grappling with Covid-19 that they forgot to keep themselves abreast of the
operations and services of the Zambia Flying Doctor Services (ZFDS) before the Zambezi District Hospital laboratory technician died in a road traffic accident. Perhaps predictably, though, the solution was to co-opt logistical support from ZFDS which has been in existence for more than five decades – albeit currently needs unmanned aircraft systems – drones to effectively cover new trends in medical services. Was it a considered case of missed opportunity for ZFDS perhaps? The ZFDS is based at Ndola’s Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport. It was in 1965 when Dr James Lawless thought of the concept of aviation-based medical services, particularly to transfer medical personnel from advanced health facilities in urban areas to hard-to-reach rural areas. ZFDS had also been evacuating patients from rural areas to advanced hospitals in bigger towns and cities. The first post-independence government turned ZFDS into a state-run institution by an Act of Parliament in 1967. Using two Cessna Grand Caravans, one of ZFDS’ mandates is to deliver medical and pharmaceutical supplies to health centres throughout the country. The institution had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Lusaka-based Medical Stores to deliver medical and pharmaceutical supplies. In its initial stages, the government-controlled medical aviation institution mainly handled cases of maternity and general trauma. However, in December 2014, ZFDS used a Cessna Grand Caravan to respond to a road accident involving 98 people, who were being carried in an overloaded truck in Mbala, near the border with Tanzania. The accident claimed 27 lives while 71 others were admitted to Mbala General Hospital. Outside of its core medical aviation activities, ZFDS has been licenced to ply the sky as a charter operator as operations in the rainy season are halted because soil on airstrips gets wet. Albeit, using smaller aircraft with the capacity of 10 passengers could solve the problems of short airstrips and wet ground at rural-based health centres in the rainy season. Another alternative is for the aero-medical institution to acquire helicopters that could respond to the ever-increasing road traffic accidents
and to continue with operations during the rainy season. In the over five decades of its existence, ZFDS has recorded significant achievements. However, use of drones by the aero-medical institution could deliver emergency medical supplies even during the rainy season when rains have made many roads impassable and airstrips unusable. In Malawi, drones are delivering medical supplies to remote areas quicker. The idea is being tested with the support of UNICEF. They aim to use the pioneering drone programme to transport crucial supplies such as blood transfusion kits, vaccines, malaria drugs, and antibiotics to their destination within hours. Delivery by drones is faster, easier, and cheaper than by other modes of transportation. Furthermore, drones can drop off supplies as well as collect laboratory samples. Ghana’s drone service makes on-demand emergency deliveries of 148 different vaccines, blood products and lifesaving medications to health facilities in the country, 24 hours a day. Over the past twenty-five years Rwanda has recorded transformation in various sectors such as education, gender equality, and technology among others. Health sector was not left behind. One outstanding achievement is how drone technology was made a key enabler in the health sector. It was in 2016 that Rwanda embraced this form of technology, a step that made it the first country in the world to commercially use drones to deliver medical supplies. And since then, healthcare has never been the same. Similarly, the delivery of life-saving blood has been taken to new heights by the South African National Blood Service (SANBS) with the launch of a new drone blood delivery service. The drone has a range cover of over 100km. It is a highly specialised aircraft that’s being used to transport blood from blood banks to hospitals. As we take stock of ZFDS’ past decades, it is worthwhile to emphasise the point that the introduction of drone technology in the aero-medical institution would see enormous changes in the efficiency and manner in which healthcare would be delivered. It would make planning and execution of undertakings proficient, amid the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond.
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`UPND ABDUCTED ME’
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Mr Sikanyika said the UPND officials grabbed the phone from him and removed the sim cards so that he could not be contacted by PF after the resignation letter went viral on social media. “They came home and took me to the lodge where they forced me to sign a resignation letter. If you have noticed the letter is indicating Kanyala ward and the name of my ward is Mpungu, so you can see that I did not write the letter,” Mr Sikanyika said. He said the UPND was so desperate to have members in Isoka and are willing to do anything. Mr Sikanyika said he was paid K1, 500 and he was promised more when they received money from their Secretariat. He said the UPND have launched a campaign to destabilise PF in Isoka by instigating resignations. Mr Sikanyika said he had no reason to resign from PF especially that his ward was receiving a fair share of development. He cited the construction of the first ever secondary school in Nzoche, construction of a health post and provision of boreholes as some of the projects the PF had carried out in his ward. “I remain a loyal member of PF and ward councillor for Mpungu. My allegiance is to the President Dr Edgar Lungu, my MP Malozo Sichone and the PF,” Mr Sikanyika said. Police sources confirmed the abduction was reported by the PF district chairman Gerald Silwamba.
Mining think-tank formed By ROGERS KALERO
A TECHNICAL committee comprising the Finance minister , the Labour minister, trade union leaders , engineers, tax experts , civil society organisation and other stakeholders has been constituted to critically look at means and ways of sustaining the industry during this critical time of Covid-19. The committee will be on the Copperbelt to ascertain the challenges facing the mining industry and how both the government and the mining companies can work together to avoid job losses . Mines and Mineral Development Minister Richard Musukwa said government would not like to see a situation where miners lose jobs because the mine had been put on care and maintenance. He said Government would like to see the mining industry navigate through the difficult period of Covid-19 without miners losing jobs, but ensuring a sustainable and productive mining sector. “We have seen some mining companies proposing to put their companies on care and maintenance whenever they face various challenges, but as government, we take strong exception to such proposals because we don’t want job losses. “We want to pursue
dialogue with the mining companies and ensure that there are no job loses in the mining industry. We want the jobs of miners to be guaranteed. We want a productive mining sector which will protect the jobs of miners. This is why we have put in place a technical committee ,’’ Mr Musukwa said. Mr Musukwa also said the 90 days given to Mopani Copper Mines (MCM) does not mean that the mining company has to stop operations after that period, but it should be used to reflect on how best it would improve its operations . He said Government will equally be looking at Mopani reducing its operational costs while increasing its production and maintaining the labour force. Mr Musukwa said, one way of Mopani reducing costs was to stop dealing with foreign contractors and giving chance to local contractors who have the capacity to carry out various jobs. “Glencore must open its valves and start thinking of how it will continue to keep Mopani running with reduced costs. “On the 90 days given to Mopani Copper Mines (MCM) does not mean that the mining company has to stop operations after that period, but it should be used to reflect on how best it would improve its operations,’’ he said..
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All the roads were devoid of the hype save for the law enforcement officers, who kept vigil around the streets and other public locations. Muchinga Province Minister Malozo Sichone, told the Sunday Nation that he, together with Foreign Affairs Minister, Joseph Malanji, and other officials were engaging Tanzanian officials to facilitate passage of critical cargo in trucks on either side. The lockdown resumed yesterday two days after the residents were given a two-day humanitarian window to stock up food and other essentials. Zambia has so far recorded over 650 positive cases with seven deaths and over 150 recoveries. Nakonde has the highest number of positive cases being treated at an isolation centre in Chinsali,
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Mr Sichone
the provincial capital of Muchinga Province. Some health and Government officials are among the positive cases under isolation in Chinsali. Mr Sichone said people were cooperating and
have developed a positive understanding about the seriousness of the Covid-19 pandemic. Mr Sichone expressed happiness about the high level of compliance after the enhanced awareness
HH heartless - Muchinga PF
“ With an unprecedented number of cases being reported so far, Nakonde has become the new epicentre and UPND leader, Hakainde Hichilema Muchinga Province has become a has been condemned and described hotspot. We therefore do not need as heartless for being insensitive political Hot Heads that are bent on towards the covid fight in Muchinga, aggravating the spread of the virus for where he was trying to campaign on political gain,” he said. a radio station, which was eventually Mr Simwelu has praised the people interrupted by angry residents. PF Muchinga Province Alex Simuwelu of Muchinga for seeing through and rejecting the insincerity of political condemned Mr Hichilema’s insensitive conmen trying to spread lies through abuse of the freedom of speech and his shameful radio broadcasts. attempt to try and make political capital He has urged Muchinga people to out of the covid-19 by issuing misleading continue supporting the coordinated information to the public. mutisectoral and multidisciplinary “We condemn Mr Hakainde approach against COVID-19 in Hichilema’s insensitive abuse of the freedom of Speech and his attempt to try Muchinga and the rest of the country. Mr Simwelu was a reacting to an and make political capital of COVID-19 incident in which alleged PF members through contrary political messages on politically motivated radio programmes in interrupted a radio programme featuring Mr Hichilema. Muchinga province,” Mr Simwelu said. BY OLIVER SAMBOKO
11 covid cases recorded By KALOBWE BWALYA
THE country has recorded 11 new COVID 19 cases out of the 667 tests carried out in the last 24 hours, Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya disclosed at a press briefing in Nakonde yesterday. Dr. Chilufya said seven are from Lusaka while the remaining four were picked from Kabwe. He disclosed that no positive case has been recorded in Nakonde out of the tests conducted from Chinsali health facility but that mass screening was going to continue. The cumulative number of cases in the country since the outbreak now stands
at 679, with 7 deaths, 183 recoveries and 489 active cases. Dr Chilufya said 31 patients including a 45-year-old have been discharged from the isolation facilities following their recoveries. He also disclosed that 4,193 people have so far been discharged after completing their 14-day mandatory quarantine period. Government has resumed total lock down of Nakonde to allow for mass screening and assessment of the Covid-19 situation in the border town with Tanzania. Dr Chilufya who is in Nakonde to spearhead screening and mass testing in the border town also visited the Health
Workers at Nakonde District Hospital, which has been turned into a quarantine facility for COVID-19 patients. Meanwhile, the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit -DMMU- has delivered food supplies to Chinsali for the COVID-19 patients in isolation at Chinsali General Hospital. Muchinga Province Minister Malozo Sichone said more funds have been released towards the welfare of the patients in the insolation facility adding that Government was committed to ensuring that all the COVID-19 patients at the insolation facility in Chinsali are well looked after.
campaign. He however said that the disinfection of public places such as shops, bus stations and markets had also commenced in the border town. Mr Sichone added that Zambia police officers, immigration officers as well as Zambia Revenue Authority inspectors were working together to ensure that the lockdown procedure was properly followed. Some residents interviewed said compliance levels had improved soon after the first announcement of increased cases. A member of the health front-line team, who declined to be named, said the local people had realised the seriousness of the disease after the initial figures were released.
Govt applauds African Parks Network support By BENNIE MUNDANDO
GOVERNMENT says it is happy with support initiatives undertaken by African Parks (AP) Network through the Bangweulu Wetlands Management Board in Luapula and parts of Central Province. Chitambo, District Commissioner Catherine Kunda said Government needed the support of cooperating partners to actualise development especially in the new districts. Ms Kunda was speaking at the handover ceremony of five refurbished staff houses and an office block at an estimated cost of US$150, 000 at Mpelembe Camp to the Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNPW) in Chitambo. Ms. Kunda said the infrastructure would not only benefit the department but change the profile of the new district. She said natural resources including wildlife are very important contributors to the much-needed national economy and in particular Chitambo where the Kasanka National Park and the Kafinda Game Management Area are found. And AP Bangweulu Wetlands Park Manager Jonathan Chisaka said his organiaation will this year be celebrating 20 years in Zambia earmarked to take over the management of 20 national parks in Africa. Mr Chisaka said the organisation is managing other national parks in Angola, Mozambique and Zimbabwe and has a reason to celebrate not only the handover of infrastructure but the contribution to wildlife conservation on the continent. “The handover of the camp structure is to help improve the efficiency of operation of the DNPW policing of wildlife areas,” Mr. Chisaka said. Meanwhile, Senior Chief Chitambo called on the staff to look after the houses and property by undertaking regular maintenance of the structures.