What is COVID-19 pandemic in Zambia?
{{Infobox pandemic | name = COVID-19 pandemic in Zambia | map1 = | legend1 = | map2 = | legend2 = | map3 = | legend3 = | disease = [[COVID-19]] | virus_strain = [[SARS-CoV-2]] | location = [[Zambia]] | first_case = [[Lusaka]] | arrival_date = 18 March 2020<br />({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=3|day1=18|year1=2020|month2=|day2=|year2=}}) | origin = [[Wuhan]], [[China]] | recovery_cases = 3,285 <small>(as of 29 July)</small><ref>{{cite news |title=Zambia has registered 324 new cases of COVID-19 and 18 deaths |url=https://www.zambianobserver.com/zambia-has-registered-324-new-cases-of-covid-19-and-18-deaths/ |access-date=11 July 2020 |agency=zambianobserver.com |date=7 July 2020 |archive-date=11 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200711182749/https://www.zambianobserver.com/zambia-has-registered-324-new-cases-of-covid-19-and-18-deaths/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> | deaths = 146 <small>(as of 29 July)</small> | confirmed_cases = 5,249 <small>(as of 29 July)</small><ref>{{Cite web |title =Worldometers - Zambia Coronavirus Tracker |url= https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/zambia/|access-date=2020-05-14}}</ref> | active_cases = 1,818 <small>(as of 29 July)</small> | total_ili = | website = }} The [[COVID-19 pandemic]] was confirmed to have reached [[Zambia]] in March 2020. As of 17 March, the government had shut all educational institutions and put in place some restrictions on foreign travel.<ref>{{cite news|access-date=2020-03-17|title=Government shuts all schools to prevent COVID-19 outbreak|url=https://diggers.news/local/2020/03/17/govt-shuts-all-schools-to-prevent-covid-19-outbreak/|newspaper=News Diggers|date=17 March 2020}}</ref> Zambia reported its first 2 cases of [[COVID-19]] in [[Lusaka]] on 18 March. The patients were a couple that had travelled to [[France]] on holiday.<ref>{{cite news|access-date=2020-03-18|title=Zambia Confirms 2 Covid-19 cases|url=https://diggers.news/breaking/2020/03/18/zambia-confirms-2-covid-19-cases/|newspaper=News Diggers|date=1