Zambia will release all foreign nationals with misdemeanours from its jails and send them back to their home countries due to Covid-19 fears. The country’s Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo told state TV that all foreign nationals in detention facing misdemeanour immigration offences must be removed and sent back to their countries of origin. Zambia has confirmed 40 coronavirus cases with two deaths, 28 recoveries and about 2,072 persons successfully completing their 14-day mandatory quarantine. AdvertisementThe second death was a 58-year-old man who was hypertensive, got a cardiac attack and was treated in the country’s largest referral hospital but succumbed. After over a five-day lull with no new cases, the Minister of Health Chitalu Chilufya has warned against complacency in fighting the disease.

Source: Daily Nation April 12, 2020 08:48 UTC