GOVERNMENT yesterday called for heightened sensitisation on the Cholera outbreak, after it came to light that Lusaka had recorded 73 new cases with two deaths in the last 24 hours. Lusaka Province Minister Sheal Mulyata says as a preventive measure, residents must observe high standards of personal hygiene and avoid unnecessary movements in order to halt the further spread of the disease. She said this in a speech read on her behalf by Lusaka Province Permanent Secretary Robert Kamalata, during the official opening of the 4th quarter Provincial Development and Coordinating Committee (PDCC) meeting yesterday. “The area has in the recent past recorded an increase in Cholera cases and I am appealing to the residents to observe high standards of...

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