MINISTRY of Health Permanent Secretary for Technical Services Dr Kennedy Malama says for the first time in over 20 days, there are less than a thousand patients admitted in COVID-19 health facilities country-wide. And Dr Malama says COVID-19 related deaths remain relatively high, indicating that critical patients are seeking medical care very late. In a statement, Monday, Dr Malama said government was however encouraged with the general downward trend in new COVID-19 cases and hospitalisations, which gave some relief to both public and private hospitals. “As a Country, we have continued to observe a general downward trend in our new cases of COVID-19 and hospitalizations. This situation has given some relief in our Hospitals, both public and private and we...

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