Among the approximately 4,000 victims of COVID in Zambia registered by the WHO, lies 300 health workers . That number was released by the Health minister Sylvia Masebo who further encouraged all medical staff to get vaccinated.
Covid-19 kills over 300 health workers in Zambia
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Just above 10% of the southern African country's population is fully vaccinated, according to Reuters. Zambia started administering doses to its population in April 2021. Masebo said her cabinet was going to re-launch the vaccination campaign next week and was planning to bring vaccines to all communities.
The minister added in the last 24 hours, 22 New COVID 19 cases out of 1-thousand and 4 tests were detected .