Staff Reporter.
Zambia suffered a nationwide power outage on Sunday following a “power system” disturbance”, the southern Africa nation’s state utility Zesco said.
“Government wishes to inform the nation that last night at 20:15 hours, a power outage occurred, affecting the entire country,” read the statement.
No deaths or critical incidents were reported at Zambia’s main hospital, the University Teaching Hospital, as back-up systems operated as expected, it said.
Power was restored to the hospital after 30 minutes, it added, without saying when the rest of the country returned to normal supply.
“Technical teams are currently investigating the cause of the outage and working to prevent similar incidents in the future,” it said.
Meanwhile the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) said Monday that its national grid “experienced a system disturbance last night, resulting in a system blackout.”
Source: Fullview and News Agencies.