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…says the former Matero Member of Parliament is not under any investigations, retorts: “the so-called PF authority has not made a formal complaint against Mr Sampa.”

By GRACE CHAILE

MILES Sampa is not under any investigations and the police are not going to move and arrest him where there has never been a formal written complaint against him from the so-called authority of the Patriotic Front (PF), Inspector General of Police Graphael Musamba has said.

By NATION REPORTER

WITH 26 confirmed cases of cholera in Lusaka and two deaths caused by the virulent disease, Minister of Health Sylvia Masebo has urged people to take matters of hygiene personal and not spend money on alcohol.

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU

THREE Memoranda of Understanding on Zambia-Lobito railway line, Lobito Corridor Development, and Critical Minerals, have been signed by participating parties.

Severe combined immunodeficiencies (SCIDs) are a group of debilitating primary immunodeficiency disorders, primarily caused by genetic mutations that disrupt T-cell development. SCID can also affect B-cell and natural killer cell function and counts. Left untreated, SCID proves fatal within the first year of life.

…they now fear a breakdown in the rule of law, shrinking freedom of expression, assembly have the potential to plunge the country into the abyss of demagoguery and political repression

By NATION REPORTER

 A CONSORTIUM of 12 civil society organisations have red-flagged the growing trends of undemocratic tendencies, intolerance, shrinking space for freedom of expression, freedom of assembly which they now fear have the potential to plunge the country into the abyss of demagoguery and political repression.  

By NATION REPORTER

MILES Sampa was yesterday allowed to attend the full session of Parliament despite Speaker of the National Assembly Nelly Mutti having been notified by the Patriotic Front (PF) about its decision to expel the former Matero Member of Parliament.

…for the month of October, with annual food inflation climbing to 13pc

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU 

ZAMBIA’S annual inflation rate has increased to 12.6 percent in October due to price movements of selected food and non-food items.

A collaborative study involving researchers from Karolinska Institutet has charted the prevalence of severe physical symptom burden among Scandinavians for up to two years after a SARS-CoV-2 infection. Most affected were people who had a severe COVID-19 infection, while the researchers found no elevated prevalence of long COVID in those who had never been bedridden. The study is published in The Lancet Regional Health—Europe.

It may be surprising to hear, but medically speaking, not all stress is bad. Healthy stress levels help build resilience, says Safia Debar, MBBS, a stress management expert at Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London. In this expert alert, Dr. Debar explains the difference between good and bad stress and how to tell when you are in danger of overload.

Up to 1.7 million people could be living with dementia in England and Wales by 2040—over 40% more than previously forecast—finds a new UCL-led study.