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Oct 27th 2008
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Is is safe to travel to Zambia given the recent outbreak of disease?
 
Guru
Oct 27th 2008
At present there is no official warnings to avoid travel to Zambia. While the disease you mention is concerning, it has affected an insignificant number of people compared to the total number of visitors to and from Zambia. At present, my answer is that, yes, it is safe to travel to Zambia. However, I suggest keeping an eye on developments and heeding any official warnings such as those provided by the British Foreign Office:

http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travelling-and-living-overseas/travel-advice-by-country/sub-saharan-africa/zambia
 
blogger Z
Feb 19th 2009
Can I ask this so called guru when in the 44 years of Zambia's independence has there been "a development" that required a close eye to be kept on Zambia; implying that Zambia could not be a safe place to travel. I can site a long list of "developments" in the same period where the uk could not be a safe place to travel. Get your facts striaght, stop peddling non sense.
 
bunji crazy
Jul 3rd 2009
im 0ff to zambia its a cool place as safe as anywhere beeee
 
Newfads
Jul 21st 2009
I think Blogger Z needs to cool down a bit... it ALWAYS makes sense to know the general safety warnings with regards to a country you are visting for the first time... for example Zambia has quite a high incidence of HIV... it make sense to know such a thing prior to vistsing!?
 
Jul 21st 2009
BloggerZ - the disease warning was posted in October last year when there was an outbreak of a lethal disease. Since then, everything is fine and there is no reason not to go to Zambia.

People are always more paranoid when they travel because they are away from their support structures... giving people information is different to telling them not to go.

Its great that you are patriotic about Zambia tho - no question that it's an awesome country to visit.
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