The Coronavirus seems to penetrating Zambia and some Permanent Secretaries and high ranking Government officials are now quarantined, disclosed Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya.
Dr Chilufya who was not aware of the media presence revealed this when Vice President Inonge Wina was having a meeting with the Council of Ministers.
it was a virtual meeting in view of the Covid19
At the meeting the minister of health was giving a comprehensive overview and update regards the Covid19 to the veep and the council
The media were invited to be part of the meeting so they were in the same room as the veep so ZNBC and other media houses were streaming the meeting live on Facebook
unknown to the minister of health was the fact that the media was in the same room as the veep so he went into giving uncensored details to the veep ad the council
upon noticing the details the minister of health was giving, one of the people who was with the veep informed the minister of health that the media was in attendance and getting all the minister of health was saying
completely off guard, minister asked which media houses were in attendance. The minister was interjected just when he was stating that some Permanent Secretaries and higher ranking govt officials have been quarantined so the veep requested the minister not to disclose the names until the moment the meeting was dealing with finer details
the minister continued speaking and updating until he got to his proposed measures that govt must take in order to curtail the further spread. He read 1 proposed measure and requested the veep that the measures are better read away from the media
That’s how the Facebook live feed was cut