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Zambia Imposes Cholera Restrictions as Vaccine Program Starts
- Country recieved more than 1 million doses from UNICEF
- Officials been cleared to search for suspected cholera cases
A health worker takes care of patients at a cholera treatment center in Lusaka, Zambia, on Jan. 5.
Photographer: Martin Mbangweta/Xinhua/Getty Images
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Zambia has imposed restrictions on gatherings and will allow officials to search for possible cases of cholera as it battles to contain an outbreak that has infected almost 10,000 people.
The southern African nation is also starting to roll out a targeted vaccine drive after delaying the opening of schools by three weeks. Public gatherings in affected areas will be limited to five people, except for families, and only authorized caregivers can work at treatment centers, Health Minister Sylvia Masebo said in the capital, Lusaka.