The world is currently on a virtual standstill, a number preventive measures and precautions have been put in place in the country and across the globe.
In that wake, people are being encouraged to stay away from busy public places, in some instances schools have been closed, while shopping hours in the shops have been reduced, all in the attempt to arrest this deadly virus.
Speaking in for the minister of Health on a televised program, Prof Lloydy Mulenga, Head of Adult Infectious Diseases Centre said despite being in a clean environment the closeness of people or population plays a strong role in the spread of COVID-19.
He was responding to an issue as to why the European countries which have good water systems, good sewer and reticulation systems, clean environments and all the sophistication are also struggling with the virus too.
He said the contact between individuals should be one such area to be taken seriously, and emphasized the need for personal hygiene.
“Europe just like in the United States of America, here I think it is more about how human beings are close to each other.
You may be in a very clean environment but as long as you are close to the source of the virus, and that source produces some droplets a and one gets in contact with those droplets then the disease is spread,” he said.
He went on to say that the fact that there may be a lot of human beings around and at one place, is one of the major sources driving the spread of the virus.
He added that despite that a country may have the resources to fight the virus or clean environments, but as long as the contact between individuals is not addressed, then the battle cannot be won.
Prof Mulenga emphasizes the issue of travelling as one of the major causes for concern, as most cases in some countries have been identified from those who would have travelled. This has been the case with countries like Zambia and Zimbabwe, where the three and two cases recorded respectively were of people who had travelled.