Prof. Luo said government wants to ensure that the two
institutions are safe for the students before they can be
opened.
She however said government is taking the opening of the
two institutions as an urgent matter because further delay
in opening is denying the institutions from catching up with
their academic calendar.
Speaking after touring sanitation facilities at the Copperbelt
University today, Prof. Luo said a lot of work still needs to
be done at the institution despite some of the facilities
being ready.
And commending on demands by Copperbelt University
Students Union leaders that the institution should open
immediately, Prof. Luo said COBUSU has no qualification in
Public Health to declare CBU safe to open.
She stated that it was important for people to realize that
life is important and to stop looking at things at a personal
but national level.
“It just takes one student to bring Cholera and the disease
would affect the thousands of students at the institution,”
she said.
Prof. Luo reiterated that she will allow squatting at the two
public universities but the two institutions will instead work
on modalities to increase the bed spaces for students.
She pointed out that squatting is illegal and that it was
overloading the existing sanitation facilities that that are
meant for only a few students.
And Prof Luo disclosed that students will be given the
Cholera vaccine as they open so that they will be protected
from the disease.
The University of Zambia and the Copperbelt University
have not be been allowed to open as schools open on
Monday next week due to poor sanitary conditions.
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