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== Efforts to reduce the cholera outbreak == | == Efforts to reduce the cholera outbreak == | ||
[[File:Minster of health and the army.jpg|thumb|left|Lusaka Clean up]] | [[File:Minster of health and the army.jpg|thumb|left|Lusaka Clean up]] | ||
On 29th December 2017 [[President Lungu]]<ref name=CUT>{{cite news|url= http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/12/zambia-deploys-army-fight-cholera-outbreak-171230190812235.html |publisher= aljazeera.com |title=Zambia deploys army to fight cholera outbreak |date=30 December 2017|accessdate=5 January 2018}}</ref> dispatched Zambia's security wings to help fight a cholera outbreak, which had already killed over 41 people in the capital city, and affected more than 1,500 others since September. In a Facebook post late on Friday, Lungu said "all three wings of the Defence Force" had been deployed "to escalate efforts" to minimise the spread of the disease.<ref name=CUTG>{{cite news|url= https://m.facebook.com/EdgarChagwaLungu/posts/1676327289090156|publisher= Facebook.com |title= Edgar Chagwa Lungu Facebook post|date=29 December 2017|accessdate=5 January 2018}}</ref> | On 29th December 2017 [[President Lungu]]<ref name=CUT>{{cite news|url= http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/12/zambia-deploys-army-fight-cholera-outbreak-171230190812235.html |publisher= aljazeera.com |title=Zambia deploys army to fight cholera outbreak |date=30 December 2017|accessdate=5 January 2018}}</ref> dispatched Zambia's security wings to help fight a cholera outbreak, which had already killed over 41 people in the capital city, and affected more than 1,500 others since September. In a Facebook post late on Friday, Lungu said "all three wings of the Defence Force" had been deployed "to escalate efforts" to minimise the spread of the disease.<ref name=CUTG>{{cite news|url= https://m.facebook.com/EdgarChagwaLungu/posts/1676327289090156|publisher= Facebook.com |title= Edgar Chagwa Lungu Facebook post|date=29 December 2017|accessdate=5 January 2018}}</ref> [[File:Rubbish site in Lusaka.jpg|thumb|right|Lusaka City clean up]] | ||
The first food outlet to be closed was hungry lion on January 4, 2018 after Vibro Cholera was found in the food samples taken at the three outlets Hungry lion at Levy Mall, Hungry Lion Cairo road and Hungry Lion Kulima Tower.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.lusakatimes.com/2018/01/04/government-shuts-three-hungry-lion-outlets-lusaka/ |publisher= Lusaka Times |title=Government shuts down three Hungry Lion outlets in Lusaka |date=5 January 2018|accessdate=6 January 2018}}</ref> | The first food outlet to be closed was hungry lion on January 4, 2018 after Vibro Cholera was found in the food samples taken at the three outlets Hungry lion at Levy Mall, Hungry Lion Cairo road and Hungry Lion Kulima Tower.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.lusakatimes.com/2018/01/04/government-shuts-three-hungry-lion-outlets-lusaka/ |publisher= Lusaka Times |title=Government shuts down three Hungry Lion outlets in Lusaka |date=5 January 2018|accessdate=6 January 2018}}</ref> | ||
