37 die of covid, as govt closes 130 premises

MINISTRY of Health Permanent Secretary for Technical Services Dr Kennedy Malama says the country has in the last 24 hours recorded 2,006 new COVID-19 cases and 37 COVID-19 related deaths. And Dr Malama says 130 premises have been closed in the last 24 hours for abrogating the stipulated guidelines. Giving the daily COVID-19 updates, Tuesday, Dr Malama cautioned people in the habit of flouting the public health and social measures that the long arm of the law would continue catching up with them. “In the last 24 hours, as a multisectoral response, we inspected a total of 2,522 premises with 1,219 complying; 130 were closed and 183 were issued with warnings. It’s important to state that all the Directives which…...