PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says the country is going through a very difficult situation, and a cholera outbreak is something he never wished for. Meanwhile, Minister of Health Syvia Masebo has revealed that 25 patients have died in the past 24 hours, with 736 new cases recorded and 639 patients discharged, leaving 1, 305 patients in admission. And Presidential Health Advisor Professor Roma Chilengi says the country will receive World Health Organisation supported vaccines by 14th January. Addressing the media, Tuesday, President Hichilema said despite the effort made to address the cholera situation, more needed to be done. “The country is going through a very difficult situation at the moment, the cholera outbreak is something that we never wish to be...

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