Hundreds of citizens have died and thousands more have been infected following a cholera outbreak in Zambia, located in southern Africa. Relatives of those being treated for the illness gathered outside a stadium in the capital, Lusaka, waiting for information on whether their family members are alive or not.
President of Zambia @HHichilema was caught off guard as he is failing to contain cholera. His health system has been exposed. They are making makeshift wooden beds to admit the patients.
Nable Nierunga told British network Sky about his grandmother, "For us, we were just waiting for her to come out of the hospital. But unfortunately, we were told she had died."
The country's Minister of Health, Sylvia Masebo, visited the center, expressed her sympathy for the victims, and advised relatives not to attend the funerals of those who died from the illness.
Earlier, Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema urged people to leave the cities and return to rural areas, where schools remain closed to prevent further spread.
