Zambia feels the coronavirus fallout
Zambia has so far been spared a rapid spread of the coronavirus. Nonetheless, the country’s economy and its people are feeling the effects of the pandemic
On the streets of the Zambian capital Lusaka, residents are worried about the possible spread of the coronavirus in their country."The deeper you think about Covid-19, the more you wonder if your breathing rate is normal," says Mwewa Chitambala, a building administrator in the city.Journalist Kapulu Manjimela expresses a similar sentiment. "The more I think and watch news channels, I actually feel my chest in pain, and think I have a pain in my throat," she says. "So today I told myself no more watching, and I am not feeling those things. It’s better to watch cartoons whenever I’m tempted to change to news channels — it’s so depressing."Zambia has so far been spared the brunt of the global pandemic, which at the time of going to print had reached 1.4-million confirmed cases around the world. The country has a caseload of just 39, of which whom five have recovered, and one death has been recorded.All the cases in Lusaka trace back to a cluster of people who travelled to Pakistan (and...
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