Incumbents President: Edgar Lungu
Events 18 March – First case of the COVID-19 pandemic in Zambia 22 March – A third case was recorded. The patient was a man who had travelled to Pakistan. 25 March – President Edgar Lungu confirmed a total of 12 cases during a live national address. 2 April – Zambia records its first death from COVID-19. 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. 13 November – Finance Minister Bwalya Ng’andu says that Zambia is defaulting on its debt.
Deaths 16 August – Alexander Grey Zulu, 95, Zambian politician, Minister of Commerce and Industry (1964) and Defence (1970–1973).‘We’ve lost a dedicated revolutionary icon’
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
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