Malawi coronavirus cases now at 41: 2 Tanzanians test positive in Blantyre

May 4, 2020 Green Muheya - Nyasa Times 12 Comments

Two cases of coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic have been registered in Blantyre , Minister of Health Jappie Mhango  has confirmed.

Minister of HealthJappie Mhango (L): Two new cases of Covid-19

Mhango said the two patients of Covid-19 are Tanzanian nationals. One is truck driver while the other is his assistant.

“They came into the country on May 2 2020,” said the minister.

The new two cases now brings the total cases in Malawi to 41.

So far, Lilongwe has registered 23 cases with two deaths while Blantyre has recorded 11 cases with one death. Mzuzu has three cases. Chikwawa, Zomba, Nkhotakota, and Karonga have registered one case each, respectively.

On March 12 2020, World Health Organisation declared the Covid-19 outbreak a pandemic.

President Peter Mutharika on March 20 2020 declared a State of Disaster.

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12 replies on “Malawi coronavirus cases now at 41: 2 Tanzanians test positive in Blantyre”

  1. Your figures (or let’s say statics) and reporting style) are debatable. How about the 9 who recovered? I thought we are reporting cases in Malawi?

  3. Close the border and setup Quarantine & Isolation at the border directly. Tanzania is already doing that, if you enter their country you have to spend 14 Days quarantine at their chosen location before proceeding to Dar Es Salaam. Why not do the same here. Allowing people to come in from Tanzania and spread Corona all the way to Blantyre while stopping at many points to refuel, eat and piss is causing unnecessary infections!

  4. Those two are Tanzanians not Malawians, and they can be shipped back to their country…
    So Malawi covid cases still stands at 39 assuming that this number is indeed correct…thanks

  5. Stupid kodi mma boarder mumakhala apumbwa okha okha eti adutsa bwanji all the way from Tanzania awo Mzuzu awo Lilongwe then Blantyre mumatiyetsa agalu inu

  6. I stopped listening to these thieves. Akatero azikambirana njira zobera Covid money. Ali positive ndamako Jappie. Kukamwa ngati sefuliya

  7. These two, are they not returning home after quarantine if at all they are on isolation

  8. Our testing is too slow, kapena a Malawi tikubitsa matenda. You can’t tell me these 41 people didn’t meet any other people. The virus is out there. Will come a time u can’t hide anymore.

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