DC for Chitipa dies from coronavirus: Malawi’s first high profile death of pandemic
District Commissioner for Chitipa Humphreys Kapalamula Gondwe has died with coronavirus (Covid-19) as the disease continues its rapid spread in Malawi.
Principal Secretary for ministry of Local Government Charles Kalemba has confirmed.
He has also said six of Kapalamula’s contacts have tested positive for coronavirus.
Authorities are currently taking samples from the rest of his contacts.
Meanwhile, despite rising rates of infections, Malawi continued to open the country and social distancing measures are not followed with the political campaign for fresh presidential elections.
The guy died. He was a District Commissioner. Good riddance.
Munthu saafa ndi matenda koma amafa ndi chifukwa cha matenda. Note the difference between die with and die of or die from. The new crop of journalists write Chichewa English – very sad for communicators to have this level of English language.
Ndamva kuti Chakwera naye akufunika Ku ICU yamukwapula Corona
Iwe APM you are very vulnerable because of your age.
Unfortunately we are not given information about where he got it from. We need such information so that we are able to trace. It’s a sad development because people will not pay last respects.
Joyce Banda should attend burial for The DC and be given chance to speak to Malawians to confirm what she told us kuti ku Malawi kulibe corona .
Yes, the 80 year old Pulofesa Peter Muthalika must also stop his delayed campaign in Central Region and continue with his lock down at Sanjika forthwith whether elections are on 23rd June 2020 or not .Wamva iwe cadet Mwapwiya!
Why just announcing the death,and not an illness?In other countries they announce munthu while ill,how should we believe tht?Wangofikira kugwidwa ndi Corona nkumwalira pompo?Hahahaha!Dzuka Malawi,Osamangotsatira zilizonse.Unless they announced of his illness,I can suppport tht.
DPP is so desperate to use covid19 as an excuse not to have a presidential election. Any death these days is attributed to covid19 without scientific verification. We are told they are even importing the virus, I really hope Jappie Coivid Vithumwa Mhongo gets the virus. He is the worst minister of Health Malawi has ever had. The DC could have died of other causes, probably even engineered by Mhango. Mhango is a thug.
Sensible Malawians can only blame the old senile man we have in the state house for keeping our borders open and deliberately importing COVID-19 cases from SA and Tanzania in order to stop the election….
President Opuma Mai Joyce Banda tiyankhuleni. Paja mumati kulibe Corona Virus. Tiyankhuleni ndithu.
JB should comment on this. She should be the Tonse alliance official to attend this burial since Corona does not exist in Malawi.
The is death, do you think those who die of COVID19 are more “deadier” than those who died from other illnesses?
We shall overcome. RIP
Died of and not WITH.
Joyce said corona ilipo koma Mulungu waticitira cifundo so far.Selective hearing bwanji!