2020 in Zambia explained

Incumbents

• President

Edgar Lungu

Events

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

Deaths

• August 16 – Alexander Grey Zulu, 95, Zambian politician, Minister of Commerce and Industry (1964) and Defence (1970–1973).^[7]

See also

• COVID-19 pandemic in Zambia
• COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
• 2020 in East Africa
• 2020 in Angola
• 2020 in Botswana
• 2020 in Namibia
• 2020 in Zimbabwe

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ministry of Health Zambia . www.facebook.com . en . 2020-04-19.
2. News: 2020-03-22. Zambia confirms third coronavirus case. News Diggers. 22 March 2020.
3. News: 2020-03-25. Lungu's full address: Zambia confirms 12 COVID-19 cases as lock down looms. News Diggers. 25 March 2020.
4. Web site: Ministry of Health Zambia . www.facebook.com . en . 2020-04-02.
5. Web site: Zambia's president mourns death of good-luck fish . news.yahoo.com . BBC . September 8, 2020.
6. News: Zambia to default on foreign debt, finance minister says . November 16, 2020 . msn.com . Al Jazeera English . November 13, 2020.
7. https://www.sundaymail.co.zw/weve-lost-a-dedicated-revolutionary-icon ‘We’ve lost a dedicated revolutionary icon’