Singapore is advising all pregnant women with symptoms associated with Zika, to be tested for the virus. The city-state has now confirmed 82 locally transmitted cases of Zika, a mosquito-borne virus linked to severe birth defects. It has initiated a drive to wipe out mosquitoes in affected areas. On Tuesday, the US joined Australia, Taiwan and South Korea in advising ...

The Patriotic Front Youths in Lusaka Province have extended an olive branch to their counterparts in the opposition for the sole purpose of promoting oneness in the country. PF provincial Youth Secretary Stanley Chiumya says PF youths in the province are more than ready to bury the hatchet and work with their fellow youths in the opposition. Mr. Chiumya says ...

The opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) has dismissed the assertion that it has devised an operation dubbed “Operation Armageddon” aimed at causing violence and destroying property belonging to Patriotic Front sympathizers. UPND Secretary General Stephen Katuka says the PF should not try to come out clean on the violence. He says it is sad that the PF leadership ...

The Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has so far spent K43, 306,773 to pay farmers who have supplied maize during the ongoing 2016 crop marketing season. FRA Public Relations Officer Daniel M’soka tells QTV News that Northern Province has the highest maize tonnage harvesting of 1,286,360 followed by Luapula with 1,038,080 while Muchinga is at 734,580 and North western province is ...

The Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) has advised government to ensure vulnerable Zambians are not hugely affected by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) economic bailout. CSPR Executive Director Patrick Nshindano tells QTV News that there is need for government to protect the interests of the poor people in negotiating and implementing the IMF bailout package. He says this considering ...