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Zambia opens school after cholera bans
Lusaka — Zambia said on Saturday it would open its international school and some retail centres in Lusaka, the capital, after making sufficient progress in its fight to stem a cholera outbreak. Lusaka has borne the brunt of the epidemic that began in September 2018 with released data showing 3,148 cases nationwide, 72 of them fatal. The government has sought to stem the spread with a package of sometimes draconian measures including a ban on large public gatherings and the nationwide postponing of the start of the school year, as well as the introduction of a curfew in the slum district of Kanyama, which was seen as the focal point of the outbreak. "Lusaka’s international school will reopen on January 16. They have been inspected and meet sanitary conditions," Health Minister Chitalu Chifuy said. The situation regarding government-run schools would be revisited on January 23, rather than a week later as initially announced, before setting a date for their reopening. Local Government...
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