Zambia shuts schools for three more weeks due to cholera outbreak

LUSAKA, Zambia – Children across Zambia will return to school three weeks late from their festive holidays due to a cholera outbreak. Both primary and secondary students were meant to return next Monday but will now resume on 29 January, the Education Ministry said on Thursday. On Sunday, Zambia’s Ministry of Health said 3,015 cholera cases and 98 deaths had been recorded since October 2023.

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