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Zambia’s Parliament has been forced to adjourn after a legislator, Mr Rogers Mwewa, recently died from coronavirus.
The legislator from the North of the country recently fell ill and had tested positive for Covid-19. He died and was buried yesterday (Tuesday).
The country’s Vice President, Inonge Wina, said the escalating cases of Covid-19 had necessitated adjournment of the House.
Ms Wina bemoaned increasing cases of the virus despite the implementation of measures to combat its spread.
The Vice President and Speaker of the National Assembly, Patrick Matibini, on Wednesday led other MPs in a mass testing exercise at Parliament Buildings clinic in Lusaka.
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Vice President and Speaker leads MPs in COVID-19 Mass Testing at Parliament Building pic.twitter.com/SOR7Y1r5LP— Lusaka Times (@lusakatimes) July 22, 2020
Zambia’s health minister Chitalu Chilufya said the virus had spread exponentially the last few days.
The pandemic has spread to 44 districts in the country, he told Parliament.
Zambia’s Clerk of the National Assembly, Cecilia Mbewe, announced in a statement that as of July 15, the 19 cases recorded included three MPs, 10 National Assembly staff and six non-staff.
Zambia’s virus cases are commonly reported in urban areas, but fears are alive that the disease might spread into rural localities.
The cases have surged the past few weeks with 138 deaths recorded so far.
Due to the pandemic, the country’s economy has been left struggling with President Edgar Lungu moving to ask China for “debt relief and cancellation”.
Pall bearers in Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as they carry the remains of the Mwansabombwe member of the parliament Rodgers Mwewa at Praise Christian Center PHI area in Lusaka. Mwewa contracted COVID-19 and died on Saturday evening.
(Picture By Jean Mandela) #Zambia pic.twitter.com/rQIGGmCOVf
— Mwebantu (@Mwebantu) July 21, 2020
Daily #COVID19 update: in the last 24hrs, Zambia recorded 197 new cases and 49 recoveries. No deaths were recorded in the last 48hrs. This brings the cumulative totals to 3583 cases, 128 deaths (31 of which have been classified as due to COVID-19) and 1677 recoveries pic.twitter.com/QQI8LcwTnu
— Zambia National Public Health Institute (@ZMPublicHealth) July 22, 2020
TODAY IN PARLIAMENT
Proceedings start at 14:30hrs
NOTICE OF MOTIONS
The Vice President
Adjournment of the House: That, in accordance with Standing Order 3 (1) of the National Assembly of Zambia Standing Orders, 2016…….#Zambia#OpenParlyZEDpic.twitter.com/trpX16zarH
— OpenParlyZED (@OpenParlyZED) July 21, 2020
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