Zambia Covid-19 awareness was widespread in Zambia following the outbreak. Yet, people stopped working and households experienced reductions in income, with some recoveries one year later. Over time, the proportion of children engaged in learning activities increased. Nevertheless, food insecurity also rose. COVID-19 AWARENESS 97% of people were aware of social distancing and 95% were avoiding handshaking during the first months after the outbreak INCOME (June 2020). In December 2020, half of households reported 83% of households having cancelled travel plans within the previous three months. experienced a drop in income from non-farm JOB LOSSES businesses in June 2020. By 26% of people who were working before the pandemic were no the end of 2020, fewer longer working in June 2020. Women (29%) were more affected households (66%) than men (24%), along with those working in manufacturing experienced such reductions. (47%) and financial services (30%). In December 2020, 60% of people reported working one hour in the last week. FOOD SECURITY EDUCATION 40% of households reported having 47% of households with children were run out of food in the last 30 days engaged in learning activities in June 2020. following the pandemic in June 2020. Over time, By the end of 2020, almost 80% of food insecurity increased and 50% of households households had children attending school. reported running out of food in December 2020. % of people who received at least one dose Job losses per country as % of the employed 100 of COVID-19 vaccine population before COVID-19 90 Survey rounds: Comparable rounds 80 39% 39% 70 33% 33% 60 26% 50 21% 17% 19% 40 12% 12% 30 8% 8% 20 10 4.26 MWI June 2020 UGA June 2020 ZWE June 2020 MDG June 2020 COD June 2020 KEN June 2020 BFA June 2020 TCD June 2020 MOZ June 2020 ZMB June 2020 CAF June 2020 SSD June 2020 0 23-Jun-21 7-Jul-21 1-Sep-21 18-Aug-21 14-Apr-21 28-Apr-21 12-May-21 26-May-21 4-Aug-21 13-Oct-21 27-Oct-21 9-Jun-21 10-Nov-21 21-Jul-21 15-Sep-21 29-Sep-21 Source: https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus. Households that received any form of Households that Experienced decrease in assistance non-farm family business income Urban and rural Urban, rural, and total Survey rounds: June 2020 - December 2020 Survey rounds: June 2020 - December 2020 82% 84% 83% 67% 66% 65% 3% 3% 3% 4% 3% 4% Jun-20 Dec-20 Jun-20 Dec-20 Urban Rural Urban Rural Total Total Linear (Total) Households that ran out of food in the Households with children engaged in last 30 days learning activities Urban and rural Urban and rural Survey rounds: June 2020 - December 2020 Survey rounds: June 2020 - December 2020 89% 88% 89% 78% 77% 76% 48% 52% 49% 50% 46% 47% 43% 40% 41% Pre- pandemic school Jun-20 Dec-20 Jun-20 Dec-20 attendance rate Urban Rural Urban Rural Total Linear (Total) Total Linear (Total) Source: Data from the High Frequency Phone Surveys (HFS) unless otherwise indicated. Notes: The sample is nationally representative of the current population of households with phone access. Survey rounds correspond to June 2020 and December 2020. Approximately 1,600 different individuals were surveyed. First round uses harmonized indicators that may not match country-specific indicators. Second round uses country- specific indicators.