MINISTRY of Health Permanent Secretary for Technical Services Dr Kennedy Malama says 49 COVID-19 deaths have been recorded in the last 24 hours, the highest so far. And Dr Malama has expressed optimism that the increasing number of positive cases will improve the uptake of the COVID-19 vaccines once the second dose arrives in the country. In a statement, Sunday, Dr Malama said there were low levels of oxygen in COVID-19 treatment facilities which were required to treat patients. “Sadly, in the last 24 hours we recorded a record high in mortality, having recorded Forty-Nine (49) new deaths. The breakdown of the new deaths by province is as follows: Lusaka province 32; Southern province 6, Eastern province 3, Copperbelt province...