A health worker takes care of patients at a cholera treatment center of a hospital in Lusaka, Zambia, Jan. 5, 2024. Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema on Friday called for concerted efforts to tackle rising cholera cases in the country, especially in Lusaka, the country's capital. The Zambian president said the government was monitoring the cholera outbreak and would continue implementing measures to contain its spread. Zambia has been battling a cholera outbreak since October last year, with Lusaka the hardest hit. (Photo by Martin Mbangweta/Xinhua via Getty Images)
Zambia is reeling from a major cholera outbreak that has killed more than 400 people and infected more than 10,000, leading authorities to order schools across the country to remain shut after the end-of-year holidays.
A large soccer stadium in the capital city has been converted into a treatment facility.
The Zambian government is embarking on a mass vaccination program and says it’s providing clean water — 2.4 million litres a day — to communities that are affected across the southern African nation.
The national disaster management agency has been mobilised.
