2020 in Zambia

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Incumbents

Events

  • 18 March – First case of the COVID-19 pandemic in Zambia[1]
  • 22 March – A third case was recorded. The patient was a man who had travelled to Pakistan.[2]
  • 25 March – President Edgar Lungu confirmed a total of 12 cases during a live national address.[3]
  • 2 April – Zambia records its first death from COVID-19.[4]
  • 8 September – President Lungu joins students at Copperbelt University (CBU) in mourning the death of "Mafishi," a large fish thought to bring students good luck.[5]
  • 13 November – Finance Minister Bwalya Ng’andu says that Zambia is defaulting on its debt.[6]

Deaths

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Ministry of Health Zambia". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  2. ↑ "Zambia confirms third coronavirus case". News Diggers. 22 March 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  3. ↑ "Lungu's full address: Zambia confirms 12 COVID-19 cases as lock down looms". News Diggers. 25 March 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "Ministry of Health Zambia". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  5. ↑ "Zambia's president mourns death of good-luck fish". BBC News. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
  6. ↑ "Zambia to default on foreign debt, finance minister says". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  7. ↑ ‘We’ve lost a dedicated revolutionary icon’
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