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Zambia spy chief Samuel Nkhoma dies of Covid-19

Zambian officials said the spy chief died after a short illness. PHOTO | UNSPLASH

By  MICHAEL CHAWE

What you need to know:

He was last seen publicly few days ago when President Edgar Lungu commissioned a fly over bridge as part of the Lusaka decongestion project.

The number of Covid-19 deaths in Zambia have now hit 200.

Zambia's intelligence chief Samuel Nkhoma died Friday from an undisclosed illness, state radio reported.

But medical sources said he died after testing positive for coronavirus and was being treated  at an isolation centre in the capital Lusaka.

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