30 DEC

Zambian president calls on army to help fight cholera outbreak

Published time: 30 Dec, 2017 08:52

Zambian President Edgar Lungu directed the country’s military to assist in fighting the spread of cholera on Friday, Reuters reported citing presidential spokesman Amos Chanda. The president called on the defense forces to “thoroughly clean up” the capital city of Lusaka. The epidemic has been raging in Zambia since late September, with 547 registered cases including 15 deaths as of December 7, according to the World Health Organization.

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