Via the Times of Zambia: ‘Day of cleaning’…Lungu suggests dedicated national day of cleaning involving all citizens to promote sense of hygiene. Excerpt:
President Edgar Lungu has assured that the Government will succeed in containing the current cholera outbreak and suggested the idea of a dedicated national day of cleaning to inculcate a sense of hygiene among citizenry.
Mr Lungu said in Lusaka yesterday Government was getting a grip on the cholera situation as a result of the effective range of measures deployed in recent weeks. He said longer-term measures such as regulated street vending, to be effected when the current ban is lifted, and provision of all the necessary sanitary facilities in public places would ensure waterborne diseases were kept at bay.
Mr Lungu said analysis had revealed that most cholera cases were the result of people consuming contaminated water and that the Government would come up with long-term measures to provide clean water.
“The measures that have been put in place clearly show that we will manage to control the disease, but in the long run we will have to take lasting measures such as provision of clean and safe drinking water, which is a challenge for many African countries,” Mr Lungu said.
The President was speaking yesterday when visited the cholera treatment centre at Heroes Stadium in Lusaka where 93 people are receiving treatment.
