By Sandra Chuungu.
THE Mpika Town Council in Muchinga Province has shut down 10 restaurants which were found to have unsanitary conditions.
This follows inspections conducted by Council Health Inspectors in an effort to prevent the spread of Cholera. 
Senior Health Inspector Francis Kapila says the council has closed the facilities due to poor hygiene practices and failure to follow public health act cap 295 and food safety no 7 of 2019.
And Mr Kapila says the outbreak of Chorela in Nakonde is an eye opener that restaurant owners should maintain high hygiene standards.
Mr Kapila says a sensitization program to business premises such as restaurants, food out lets, bakery and butcheries has started.
The Senior Health Inspector says the sensitization is emphasizing people in the district to have hand washing buckets, liquid soaps and adequate water supply.
Meanwhile Mr Kapila says about 40 shop owners have refuse bins.
