ZAMBIAN President Hakainde Hichilema has urged people to relocate from towns to villages following the deaths of about 300 people in a cholera outbreak.
More than 7,500 cholera cases have been reported nationwide since last Oct, reported BBC.
There were more than 500 new cases and 17 deaths in the past week, the health ministry stated.
The reopening of schools has been delayed as part of a series of preventative measures.
The disease has so far spread to eight of Zambia's 10 provinces.
The World Health Organization is to send about one million cholera vaccine doses in the coming days in a bid to contain the outbreak.
Neighbouring Mozambique and Zimbabwe have heightened surveillance to prevent cross-border transmission.
For months now, Zimbabwe has also been battling to stem the spread of cholera because the country lacks clean water.
The bacterial disease is spread by contaminated water or food, causes dehydration from vomiting and diarrhoea, and can kill within hours if left untreated.
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