Global coronavirus cases surpass one million.
(Reuters, 3 April 2020) - Global coronavirus cases surpassed 1 million on Thursday with more than 52,000 deaths as the pandemic further exploded in the United States and the death toll climbed in Spain and Italy, according to a Reuters tally of official data.
No New COVID-19 Case Reported in the last 24 hours in Zambia-Health Minister
Lusaka Times, 2 April 2020. Health Minister Dr. Chitalu Chilufya has disclosed that Zambia has not recorded a new COVID-19 case in the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, President Edgar Chagwa Lungu authorises government to recruit 3,400 health workers to curb spread of Covid-19 in Zambia.
During the twelfth COVID-19 update Wednesday afternoon Dr Chilufya said no new case has been recorded out of the 99 individuals that underwent testing and the number of confirmed cases still stands at 36.
The truths on Cuban Medical System in times of COVID-19.
Embacuba Zambia, 31 March 2020. With a life expectancy at birth of 79.7 years in 2019, infant mortality of 5.0 per 1,000 live births, the elimination of 11 immune-preventable diseases and malaria in the early 1970s and, more recently, having been the first country in the world to certify the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV / AIDS and congenital syphilis, Cuba constitutes a case study of high interest to all.
Cuba is giving world an example of solidarity – Lula
The Mast, 27 March 2020. FORMER Brazil president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says the Cuban government and its people are giving the world an example of solidarity.
In a letter to Cuba’s President Miguel Díaz-Canel, Lula said he was writing to express the emotion he felt upon seeing the image of Cuban doctors arriving in Italy to help the victims of the coronavirus pandemic in that country. Lula said it was in times of crisis that people came to know the truly great. “Once again the government and people of Cuba are giving the world an example of solidarity, overcoming all barriers, be they economic, geographical or political in nature,” Lula said.
32 Anniversary of Cuito Cuanavale.
March 23, 2020, marks the 32th anniversary of the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale. That remote town of Angola became a symbol of resistance and courage, after the victory of Angolan, Namibian, South African and Cuban combatants, against the army of the opprobrious Apartheid regime.