International Travel blog names Zambia safest African tourism destination

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AN INTERNATIONAL travel blog has named Zambia on the list of six safest travel destinations in world.

Zambia is the fourth safest tourism destination ahead of Uruguay and Saudi Arabia while Australia, New Zealand and Singapore are the top three respectively according to an article published on the Wego Travel Blog website, entitled “Safe Places to Travel during COVID-19 Pandemic.”

The ranking is based on the standards of the European Union countries to coordinate travel restrictions.

Of the 70 countries with sufficient data and testing, only six were ranked as “Safe” for travel.

The classification was based on epidemiological criteria, regarding the ability of countries to contain the pandemic, achieve stability over a long period of time, and the efficiency of the health system, particularly, the clinical capacity for intensive care rooms and efficiency medical staff.

Australia topped the results of the tests in terms of positive coronavirus swabs conducted on 1.693 per million people, with 0.0% of 0.5 new cases per million people.

New Zealand ranked second with 1,365 tests per million inhabitants, with 1% of 0.8 million new cases per million inhabitants. Singapore came third with 4,491 tests per million people, 0.0%, out of 1.3 new cases per million people.

Zambia ranked fourth with 264 examinations per million people, with 0.7% of new cases per million people. Cuba followed in fifth place with 774 examinations per million inhabitants, with 0.4% of 3.5 new cases per million inhabitants.

Saudi Arabia has conducted more than 1.5 million laboratory tests for coronavirus, of which 0.6% are positive samples out of 8.8 new cases per million people.

The Wego data had last been updated on November 27 at the time this article was published.

©Kalemba November 30, 2020

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