OVER 20 passengers have been taken to a health facility in Chilanga after suspected cholera cases were reported aboard a Zambia Railways Limited (ZRL) passenger train. In a statement, Monday, ZRL Public Relations Manager Sombe Longwani disclosed that the suspected cholera cases were reported aboard a train travelling from Kitwe to Livingstone. Longwani said Zambia Railways Limited was intensifying its surveillance efforts in collaboration with the relevant health authorities to strengthen early detection of suspected cholera cases on its passenger trains. “Zambia Railways Limited would like to inform the public that suspected cholera cases have been reported aboard Passenger Train No. 601, travelling from Kitwe to Livingstone. As a precautionary measure, the train was stopped in the Chilanga area to...

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