5 new Covid deaths, spiralling infection rate as Chakwera turns to prayer: 21 days of fasting
Malawi continues to register spiralling coronavirus infection rate and public hospitals are struggling to cope with the second wave with 15 related deaths reported on Sunday and 269 new virus pandemic cases have been registered with 15 as new recoveries as President Lazarus Chakwera has asked Malawians to go into self-isolation and consult healthcare workers if they notice symptoms.
Local transmissions are still on the rise as 267 of new case are local, bring the total of active cases at 2,316.
Of the active cases, 89 are admitted in 11 hospitals across the country — 41 in Blantyre, 30 in Lilongwe, five in Zomba, three each in Mzimba North and Nkhotakota, two in Balaka, and one each in Dowa, Mchinji, Rumphi, Chikwawa, and Mulanje.
Two of the new deaths are from Lilongwe (61-year-old male and 86-year-old female), and one each from Chikwawa (54-year-old), Thyolo (61-year-old) and Zomba (35-year-old).
Co-chairperson of the Presidential taskforce on Covid-19, Dr. John Phuka said of the new cases, 70 from Lilongwe, 50 from Salima, 45 from Blantyre, 31 from Zomba, 13 from Dowa, nine from Mzimba South, six from Chikwawa, five each from Balaka, Karonga, Mangochi, Mulanje, and Nkhotakota, four from Mwanza, three each from Kasungu, and Neno, two from Mchinji and one each from Chiradzulu, Chitipa, Dedza, Ntchisi, Phalombe, and Rumphi districts while two imported cases are new refugees at Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Dowa District.
Phuka said he joins President Chakwera to request everyone to act collectively to stop the further spread of Covid-19.
“Let me emphasize that the choices that we make as individuals, families and communities will make the disease to spread further or to stop spreading.
“In as much as health care workers are doing a commendable job in this pandemic, we can ease their pressure of work and save the limited resources if we all choose to strictly adhere to the preventive and containment measures. The best time to act is now before the system gets overwhelmed,” said Phuka.
The virus that causes Covid-19 is mainly transmitted through droplets generated when an infected person coughs, sneezes or exhales, according to World Health Organisation.
Symptoms from people with Covid-19 range from fever, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty in breathing, fatigue, muscle or body aches, headache, new loss of taste or smell, sore throat, nausea or vomiting and diarrhoea.
Phuka said the most important preventive measures t are observing physical distancing, hand hygiene and respiratory etiquette including proper wearing of facemask and ensuring adequate ventilation when having activities indoor.
“These measures are essential for reducing the spread of Covid-19. Everyone must continue taking steps to protect themselves and others from virus transmission.
“Watch your distance! Wash your hands! Wear your mask! Seek for care early upon development of symptoms of Covid-19,” Phuka said.
During his address on radio Saturday, President Chakwera said everyone was at risk of contracting Covid-19.
He said Cabinet ministers, members of Parliament, civil servants, the media, opposition party members, the clergy and many others have been affected.
“This virus does not care if you have a lot of money. The virus does not care if you are good-looking. The virus dies not care if you are young. The virus does not care if you are educated or whatever position you hold.
“The virus has now affected all sectors of the society. Everyone is at risk,” said Chakwera.
The President, an ordained evangelical pastor, said he was going into a 21-day fasting and prayer plan, urging Malawians to also put their faith in God.
Chakwera urged people to be prayer warriors for God to heal the country.
Cumulatively, Malawi has recorded 8,575 cases including 225 deaths and of these cases, 1,678 are imported infections and 6,896 are locally transmitted.
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Koma fasting 21days matenda ake awa???? Uyu atiphetsatu coz opemphera sadikira matenda kut apemphere ndiye akuti ikufunika vitamin mthupi ndiye iwe ikupedze ukutsala zakudya???? Mukaonanadi ndi Mulungu posakhalitsa
Did Kenyata grant the injuction to USA, UK, JAPAN as well????.
You can see that disease is mostly attacking age. Four of the five are above 60 and one is 35. This is good reporting and it will give us an indication of those vulnerable. That is why the rolling of vaccines is starting with the old and health personnel. The Queen of England, 94 and her husband, 99 both got the jabs. Nkhalamba zenizeni izi.
Kodi inu a Chakwera mukuona ngati anthu sakupephera ophempera ndinu nokha eti? Anthu akusala akupemphera koma nthendayi ikumawapeza be kufa akufabe. Tiyeni tiwalimbikitse kulondoloza zakapewedwe kake. Basi. Ndikukwimitsa malamulo ku amene muku ma returnees wo.odangomva chisoni chopanda nacho phindu.
People were misled by some stupid and greedy politicians such as Joyce banda and chilima, and they they went further to push another stupid trapence to go to court over lockdown, the stupid Kenyatta granted injunction which is still in force, as a result innocent Malawians are badly affected. And to make things worse, the president is cluelessly sitting phwii, not knowing what to do. Act now! Revoke the injunction, think of lockdown, masks must be compulsory, think of the vaccine so long u r sure its the right one. Prayers shud blanket it all, not just fasting yet u a doing nothing. Wake up Lazaro, shake ur friend chilima, stop arresting people, arrest covid-19 now, save my beloved country
Stop lying. We are in the second wave of covid. You are still talking of 2019 election? Get over it!!
True, adakali kulira ma elections. The first wave have no impact on our health but rather this new variant which has mutated.
nonsense
I don’t know where you are not getting him right.
He says while we are observing the prevention measures, we should also put our faith in God.
Muufuna anene kuti mupite kwa asing’anga?
Guys we are never safe if we out God outside this pandemic.
We should do all what we can in order to defeat this covid.
Let us do our part and God will also go his part.
I do not think by talking of fasting then he is misleading us or he is leading from behind.
Yes let him lead behind God!!
Thank you God because we have a leader NOW.
The chinese controlled covid infection rates and there was no fasting or praying or some religious mojo in their action plan
who told there was no fasting or praying-the chinese ambassador?????
Science works with the understanding of Man but prayer works miracles, we really need to pray for Science to work, more fire Mr President
Science is already working hence leave it alone.
The cluelessnes of pedegu chakwera is now confirmed. He has completely run out of ideas. He wants to blame God for the worsening Corona cases instead of blaming himself for being retarded in thinking. Abusa dzukani kwachaaa!! You can’t run a country with faith. We need actions. But where is baby chilima in all this. Is he also busy snoring? Masaya ali bwafuuu ngati wamasagwidi. Fotseki!
Covid-19 ili dziko lose lapansi osanama kuti wabweretsa ndi Chakwera. Musiyeni alamulire ndiye amene tidasankha
Pajatu amkati corona kulibe ndiye lero angowauza amalawi kuti zija ndimkakamba zija ndimkangofuna kupeza mpando ndiye lero ndaupeza pepani matendawa alipodi
Ndipo inuu
Afew were born to be leaders while Chakwera was born to be good leader of opposition. He used to check an balance dpp government whenever things went wrong and Malawi had a visionary leader of opposition. After bought his presidential sit from northerners judges everything has changed.
When the president is an idiot with no plan. Awa tinabetsa
Kikkk.
Who is the most pathetic idiot, the one leading the wise people or the one being lead by the idiot?
Our president looks at every problem with a religious mindset. Some of these things require decisive decisions from a leader. Trace all the root causes of the problems and fix them.
Prayers should complement the efforts already put in place. Esh!
101%.
I salute you
Exactly.
You are right
I believe the covid task force is doing all it can.
I don’t know if the president is wrong by saying we should follow all the prevention measures and put faith in God.
I don’t see anything wrong unless if praying and fasting is wrong for a leader.
I love God because finally Malawi has a leader.
Fasting will only lead to a bigger problem down the line when hungry people go en-mass to buy food and this create unnecessary mixing and social distancing violation. Please urge people to pray in private. We have all seen how the power of spoken words, especially from those in authority can mobilise the masses, (in the USA Capital riot mob).
Inform citizens that this new Covid-19 variant is fast transmission and highly infectious. So more Science lead than softly-softly approach. Of course, the key should be to protect the healthcare systems as people do have other ailments too requiring hospital capacity.
A lockdown would be good but it’s not the only solution. Be upfront about the vaccine too and that this will take time to reach the masses.
Has fasting ever lead you to a bigger problem?
Yes it leads the devil and the demons into a peaceless time.
It leads the devil into a bigger problem.
It leads sickness into languish.
It leads to physical struggle and spiritual growth and afterwards the fruits are manifested even in our bodies.
If you say because we are already in a big problem therefore we need no fasting then your eyes are unable to see the right time for fasting.
There’s no better time than this where the nation must seek the face of God.
mumalilira izi ,mpaka kugula ma judge lero ndi izi
Mmmmmm zaakhuzana chani…anganga aja ndiye anakachilisa anthu..mwasowa kwakuba abuluzi inu
This should be the worst idiot I have known.
Where do you place displaced nkhalamba in Mangochi then?
Perhaps the good Reverend is simply leading from behind.
That’s a good one! Kikikiki
Fasting plus abide to rules and regulations. Both must fo together
First repent for misinforming Malawians that there was no COVID-19
100 % correct
We pray for our leaders that will give them wisdom to navigate the murky waters of Covid. This is a global problem, other nations have survived while others have been battered. This problem needs all hands on deck, regardless of our political pursuasion. Its an existential threat.
Akapanda kumanga nyumba Yehova…..ndaonela Abusa President. He lacks authority in his words, the citizenry is not motivated to heed to your plea, no proper planning, you haven’t lead by example. Hence this chaos. Ndiye poti muli ndi mzeru, tikuonelela kaye mzeru zanuzo. Joyce Banda must apologize first before seeking the face of God. She mislead the nation and you Abusa President, you kept quiet because of greed. Who is laughing loud now! You have never inspired me! Sic.
It’s mostly killing the old everywhere. The UK is vaccinating the vulnerable groups: the old and health workers.
Even Jesus, we are told, healed only two people that he came into contact with. How do you plan to use prayer and fasting to heal the nation?
And all these are unverifiable stories that happened more than 2000 years ago in some part of the middle east terrain!
You are advising people to put on a mask everywhere where more than one person converge yet you are in a church with others without masks 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️
Ma check enawa bwinotu!
Boma likuyenera kukhazikitsa covid call centre. Chifukwa munthu yemwe akumva zizindikiro zili onse za flu ngakhale chifukwa sakuyenera kupita Ku chipatala ayi chifukwa atha kukhala kuti sali ndi flu chabe koma ndi covid choncho akapita Ku chipatala akapatsira odwala ena. Munthu akamva zizindikiro za flu aziyimbira Ku covid call centre ndi kuwauza mmene angamupezere chifukwa madotolowo azipita Ali okonzeka ndithu ndi ma ppe okwanira.
Fasting is not bad. koma publicity ndiyo yalakwika apa. lets mature and operate like a leader of the nation not a home or a congregation. Please please abwana tagwira mwendo. encourage and motivate people by leading the fight. zovuta kunena kwake. mutikawitsa kulankhula; tiyamba kunyoza odzozedwa.
I agree with you. He should differentiates between being a preacher and a president.
Mwatiphetsa ndi corona cifukwa ca njala yautsogoleri ndi cuma.Dzulo mumati Munthalika akunama corona kulibe.Mulungu lero amvere mapeohero anu cifukwa zanu zinayenda.Mungozizuza ndinjala bwana koma coona mukucidziwa kuti anthu mpaka lero sakhulupilira za corona cifuka ca iweyo Chakwera,Chilima,Joyce kom,Mtambo komanso Kenyatta
Yes you are right what is needed now is all the incumbent leadrs to apologise to malawians that whatever they said in 2019 against the disease was just politics and from there people will begin to listen to them otherwise many are saying the president and his team are lying because they say why today that corona is in our midst yet last time they were against? So many are reluctant and they say openly. What dissapoints me greatly is where the president is coming from because his tribe “the Chewa” are the ones who are adamant on this because anagwira mawu apa dzana by him(Chakwera and Joyce) that there is no covid. Please please offer an apology first or rescind those uttered statements made in 2019.
Lets mask up to prevent covid and ine i have been and am still adhering to all preventive measures because thats my life. DO LIKEWISE PLEASE!
The whole approach to dealing with the disease is a misfit, the cases are alarmingly rising and piecemeal solutions wont assist.
a. I went to the Covid facility at Queens, the staff at the place have poorest PPE and saw one going in and out without a mask. The people can be contaminated and the leave for the respective homes and infect others. The facility has guardians who are only wearing a mask nothing more and these people walk around infecting others.
b. Government must ban every public gathering, and I mean every public gatherings..weddings, churches, schools, bars, markets etc.
c. We need a more enhanced mass testing, set up facilities across the country or mobile ones so that we know the full scale of infections.
d. Vaccination.
Mpaka ma guardians zoona? Kupusatu ndi ubulutu uku. Covid-19 infected people need to be looked after by medical personnel only WITHOUT guardians.
@Khima: you’re 101% right, my fellow compatriot. The way we’re approaching the pandemic in this country is pathetic, to say the least. The President and his Team needs to do better by going back to the drawing board on how to fight Covid-19. Example: Piecemeal approaches of insisting that minibus passengers should wear masks whilst the minibus drivers and conductors are left scot-free is a case in point!
I also saw a guardian in that tent and could not believe my eyes
This president has no plan for malawi. He goes on fasting Does he know how many malawians have no food.
Hypocrite with a religion that does not recognise you
Rise up malawians
Sir, sorry to call you sir though you can not be. i think it can be good for you just to keep quite on the issue of the President taking time to pray. you are very far from it, because you dont even know what a prayer is. umbuli mulinawou i just believe kuti you have nothing koma upusa kokha.
It must be noted that whilst prayers are a way of spiritual life, in some contexts, man has to physically play a role whilst the Divine Power finalizes all. Examples are many in the Bible eg. Moses’ stick that hit the stone from which water came out. In the context of COVID 19, whilst praying for Divine Healing, man must still physically play a role in wearing masks, distancing, washing hands and all the protocols required.
I second your comment Mwini muzi….
actually he is more informed than you by a long distance!
Firstly, the president should humble himself and repent for deceiving Malawians that there is no Covid 19 in 2019
Pamene umafuna u president, you forgot about God and teamed up with devils Mtambo, Courts (judged) and you became happy that you won. As you are failing to manage affairs of our country, you are now remembering God, very shameful!!!
Macadet kulira mokweza tsopano vomelezani kuti DPP ili ku opposition and kuli chipasupasu kumeneko
Chakwera quickly Turning into the worst president. Worse than jb
But the fact that the president is clueless is true