Zambia has recorded an accumulative total of 1,307 cholera cases, with the death toll now standing at 21.
However, the outbreak reported in August last year does not affect border areas with Namibia.
Of the 1,307 cases, 1,270 have successfully recovered.
Proflight Zambia, the largest privately owned commercial airline, has launched its first direct route between Lusaka and Windhoek to improve air travel between the two countries.
The Ministry of Health in Zambia has confirmed that poliovirus type 2 was detected from an environmental sample collected in Lusaka District, following routine surveillance conducted in collaboration with local and international health partners.
Outspoken Archbishop of the Cosmopolitan Archdiocese of Lusaka, Zambia, Alick Banda today appeared before the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) for questioning but opted to remain silent.
The City of Lusaka, Zambia's capital, has run out of burial space and is now seeking private landowners to partner with or sell their land.
Lusaka City Council (LCC) Public Relations Manager Chola Mwamba disclosed that there have been 17,717 deaths in the city since January this year.
The only access road to the Eastern province of Zambia, Mozambique, and Malawi has been washed away, leaving hundreds of vehicles stranded on either side.
The Great East Road is a major road in Zambia and the main route linking its Eastern Province with the rest of the country.
Zambia on Friday celebrated its 61st independence in style.
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema, with his special guest Daniel Chapo, presided over the celebrations in Lusaka.
The Namibia Airports Company (NAC) is in Lusaka, Zambia, for the 74th Airports Council International Africa's board and committee meetings, regional conference, and exhibition.
The Namibian High Commission in Zambia was today a hive of activities as members of the African diplomatic corp accredited to Zambia visited it to show solidarity with their colleagues following the loss of the Founding President and Father of the Namibian Nation.
A Zambian national, aged 25, died at the scene of a vehicle accident in the Zambezi Region on Thursday afternoon after the bus he was a passenger in overturned.
