Zambia’s Parliament has been forced to adjourn after a legislator, Mr Rogers Mwewa, recently died from coronavirus. The country’s Vice President, Inonge Wina, said the escalating cases of Covid-19 had necessitated adjournment of the House. The Vice President and Speaker of the National Assembly, Patrick Matibini, will on Wednesday lead other MPs in a mass testing exercise at Parliament Buildings clinic in Lusaka. Zambia’s Clerk of the National Assembly, Cecilia Mbewe, announced in a statement that as of July 15, the 19 cases recorded included three MPs, 10 National Assembly staff and six non-staff. Zambia’s virus cases are commonly reported in urban areas, but fears are alive that the disease might spread into rural localities.

Source: Daily Nation July 22, 2020 06:00 UTC