Fifty school-going children have tested positive in Zambia since the reopening of schools.
The learners tested positive out of 6,500 students who were screened in the last 24 hours, with most of them coming from the southern part of the country.
Minister of Health Jonas Chanda noted that the pupils who have tested positive will be managed from homes while those in boarding schools will be managed in the context of a facility-based case.
The ministry working in collaboration with the education authorities would soon release guidelines to ensure a safe learning environment for the learners.
Meanwhile, the country has recorded 963 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours out of 6,747 tests done.
This brings the cumulative cases to 65,573 while 20 people died during the same period bringing total deaths to 901.
556 patients have been discharged bringing total recoveries to 58,875.