Mutharika announces 21-day lockdown in Malawi to tackle coronavirus: ‘Let us unite to save lives’

1. Mr. APM and Jappie, to this hour you have not come up with details of the Lockdown. Time is running out, WHERE ARE THE DETAILS????? Both of you seem to be sleeping on the job!!! How do people prepare??? Was it a joke? Come on men!!!

2. Staying home is a good measure to prevent the spread. However, what I didn’t hear in that statement is practical advice to each individual to wear a mask to cover the mouth and nose, especially in public, and even in the home if there is a need. If a store bought mask is not available, get some fabric and have one made for each member of the family. Wash hands often during the course of the day. Stand 6 feet apart.

3. No problem – Malawi has money to fight COVID-19. If we are volunteery giving away 300 million kwacha to South African lawyers for the work no done, what is 150 million?

   1. Yes APM tipex government has money but it will not pay The front line Health workers

4. It’s very simple. You cannot have a lockdown without any measures to soften the impact on the poor people. 80 percent of our economy is unofficial and the vendors who buy and resell goods for their daily bread will be affected very badly.The government should have considered handing out food parcels to those affected including the poor in the village otherwise it is not corona which will kill people but hunger and malnutrition will kill masses. That 500 million to be given to Sa lawyers should have been kept as an emergency fund to help the poor during the lockdown in addition to appeal from private donors to chip in.

5. Bolani lockdown imeneyi isampezele babies yako ili kuchibwenzi caz anjoyako winayo…

   1. How come this muthalika just copy from SA..? Can’t he make his own ideas..

6. How come a County of 20 Million Population Needs USD 200 Miilion to Fight Corona Virus is it NOT APM DPP just wants to use for Political
   Elections and Corruption for the Govt Ministers and Govt Officials

   1. This money is less it translates to 10 Kwacha per person.

7. We have lost over 25 brothers and sisters of albinism in this country, never i had seen this Empty Head man coming out in public with measures and guidelines. what a Wit and Hypocrite man. Shame!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

8. Think before you anounce Mr ,South Africa is better country ,50% of pple they rich , all poor pple they getting food from government , am here in South Africa l know how bad is , you want to kill poor malawians we knows , plz god don’t let poor malawians alone ,protect them

   1. You know you can make a point without stating that you are in South Africa. That RSA is richer than Malawi is well known and whatever other governments are doing to mitigate the effects of lockdown is readily available on TV. Another thing spell God with capital G.

9. Zakhala bwino pamene mayiko ambiri akufuna kuchotsa ma lockdown awo akhoza kufuna kumayendayenda ena kuganizaso zobwera kuno. Adzasowe ufulu wa mayendedwe

10. Any financial assistance for businesses and people affected? Don’t just copy and paste without any plans to mitigate the suffering, otherwise this just confirms how thick you’re.

11. Locking down entire nation is lack of empathy for the poor citizens. The executive branch enjoys lots of benefits like living in good homes and scooping big allowance checks. While 90 percent of Malawians are still struggling to put food on the table. For Malawi to shut down entire nation is indication that President Peter Muthalika lack wisdom and is insensitive to the basic needs of the Malawians. What are the measures the government has put into place to make sure poor children are having food as they go into quarantine? It’s so sad and shameful for Peter Muthalika. No substantial plan! Copy and paste! Hunger will kill more Malawians than coronavirus itself, but according to Peter Muthalika who cares!

    1. Now there is a topic for human right defenders to fight on. All the issues that have been argued here are supposed to be picked on by human rights defenders because the 90% that will suffer with this lockdown are the very people that were being mobilised to march against Ansah. Now its time to fight for their cause.

       MPs too should not just sit a watch the Executive taking decisions that will be detrimental to the livelihood of the very people that they represent. Countries that have had to implement this measure are the industrialised countries that see thousands of people crossing their borders through air travel etc, therefore the spread of the virus was exponential, ie figures in their hundreds doubling on a daily basis. you can’t lock down a country with figures of one per week. in our case closing borders and social distancing was enough for the time being. Let people do business and feed their families.

12. Gamalieli ndiwe munthu omvetsa chisoni kwambiri ,ukanakhala kuti umapemphera ukanadziwa chomwe chikuchitika koma chifukwa choti umangopita ku tchalitchi ndi chifukwa chake ambiri muli mbuli mu izizi zikuchitikazi ,anthu mulankhula zambiri koma ngati nthawi ya chilimwe yayandikira palibe chomwe mungachite nthawi yakwana basi olo chilima kapena chakwera palibe chomwe akanachita pa izizi ,bolanso awawa alipowa ayesetsa kupanga zooneka tiyeni tisiye zoyipa nthawi yatha . Chakwera pa chisankho chikubwerachi sapambana chifukwa waphatikana ndi mafano .

    1. Inuyo ndinu opemphera kapena opemphetsa? What do you mean by saying,,Chakwera waphatikizana ndi mafano? In my understanding Mafano is something that can be worshipped instead of Worshipping God, the word,, waphatikizana,,in my version means, he is together with and or he is in the midst of,,, now may you make your statement well so that the majority can understand you please! If it is to Worship, what is it that Chakwera Worshipping which you can call it Mafano? If it is kuphatikizana,, Waphatikizana ndi chani chimene ukuchiona kuti naa ichi ndi Mafano?

13. The lockdown was highly anticipated. Thank you APM for putting the lives of Malawians first. We shall observe all measures which you have put in place……kuti timothy mtumbo azipya mtima.

    APM Booma!

    1. You have raised immature points,the president has already said this is not time for politics i wonder you put Timothy mtambo inside,kula iwe

       1. You’re very immature too cause Mtambo and his hungry power cruel seekers they have politicised the lockdown itself, i wonder why you guys from north you don’t take national matters straight when it comes to facts, yet you claim to be educated and illuminated citizens, esh!!!! that’s shame.

14. Ma comment ambiri pano akuoneka alembedwa ndi munthu mmodzi, any way izi zimachitika pofuna kuonetsetsa kuti anthu akuvetse mwatsoka ilo,anthu amasankha kusakuvetsa kenako umagwa nazo ulesi.
    @Mtondowodoka, you have tried your best but also others have their points.
    A) Kodi Malawi ngati maiko ena mmene akuchitila, akwanitsa kupeleka chakudya Ku anthu ake?
    B) Ngati yankho ndi eya, Kodi chakudya chimenecho chifikila aliyese sapalowa ndale?
    C) Kodi budget ya chakudya imeneyi ndi Ndalama zingati?
    D) Do we have that amount?
    E) Was Malawi ready for this?
    Now the answer of these juts few questions I have raised here, will come when you see the way how we have responded to the outbreak of this pandemic. Do you think we are winning this? Suppose we are not and or we are,let’s take first measures of preventing the Virus,,you can agree with me that we are very slow but this virus started last year in December, ok it’s fine, Malawi is a very last country to take action on this virus, agree? So you see this is what is going to kill Malawians,,, HUNGER not CORONAVIRUS. so the greatest enemy of Malawians today is not CORONAVIRUS but HUNGER created by the GOVERNMENT! because the Government can not and or is not in a position of feeding it’s people,Not because we are many but because of CORRUPTION.

    1. I like your comments bro,

    2. zenzenitu izi

    3. Ya this comment you took your time because up to date, Malawians doesn’t know what will happen in the midst of the 21 days of lockdown, and I can see if it can be possible that there will be food distribution, the Central and Northern should forget to have their portion because we already know the way how the Government runs it’s affairs, If by all means the food is on the table from what we may think it’s the Government, I want to make it clear that and I say this,, we will be told that the DPP has come with food because it cares about you,,, the Opposition are busy with Election they want you to die! This will come out from the mouth of Dausi or Wajefu. So in this case ali ndi mwana agwilitse.

15. for the coronavirus yes but, did the presdent really know that most of us are poor and cant even afford 5days lockdown?? unemployment is high in our country pple are relying on simple businesses to feed their families daily, wat will the gorvenment do abt this? funds that are coming in to support our country on this will be mismanaged for sure. i see us preventing the virus but dying with hunger

16. this clearly shows that mr. Presisdent is in total control but one thing i would have loved to hear from him is what measure has the government taken in place to see that nobody dies of hunger . if we have an answer to this then lockdown is the only way to go.

    1. Fantastic reasoning my brother Phiri. The question is life and death. There has to be precautions to be taken avoid people die of hunger than even Covid 19. However, strict measures are necessary to avoid this pandemic affect the great number of Malawians. Therefore lockdown justified but with precautions

17. This is a sign that most of DPP people are shallow minded, can’t see that lockdown is impossible. Our relatives in South Africa are asking this stupid govt to pick them up due to lockdown akuti alibe chakudya then we are doing the same. What type of thinking is this? What really do we use when thinking? This old guy is not fit to be president. He is misguided and some in DPP don’t want him hence the misguide so that people have to uprise against him. Ndiizo mwapwanya mavoti anu omwe ku BT. Stupid people.

18. Is lockdown necessary?
    Such questions as follows need to be looked at to justify such a measure.
    a) So far what is the infection rate
    b) Is the infection spread rate increasing at uncontrollable rate
    c) Is the infection spread rate sectionalised or across the country if sectionalised say Ntandile or Ndirande or Chibavi these would be the areas to concentrate on
    d) Does the country have capacity to feed its people. In our case almost 80% live on what can I do today to feed my family
    e) The key question in our case in almost all cases, if that is the true reflection of number of cases,identified so far, there is very low infection rate around these patients including those that died of the virus even though they were identified after sometime why??
    Can Medical Society Council come in here and the Malawian people the real status. Otherwise these polititians may have uterior motives.

19. Really? Do you are only deploying border security now?!
    Munalikuti from the start?
    Rubbish government

20. “Mutharika said the 21-day lockdown will begin at midnight on Saturday, April 18 2020.”
    .
    When is midnight? Is it 0000 hrs, or 2359 hrs? This confusion of what is meant by midnight exists everywhere around the World.

    1. Everything is here in Malawi is just a jubricate from South Africa , nothing original, the only original thing though far from the lockdown is original China virus itself. I hope you Mutharika and your government has well equipped to handle people’s needs while in 21 indoors just like those countries you are copying all these.

       1. Duplicate NOT jubricate

    2. Am not amused of your misunderstanding of the word…midnight…mulipo ambiri. Chimene chimayamba patsiku ndi mmawa. 00:01 am thats when the day begins and it ends at 24:00 pm and thats when the day closes. So, 18th April, ends at 24:00 hrs, thats midnight. From 00:01 it will be 19th April, ndiye kuti Lockdown yayambika. It can be well understood if you have a 24 hr digital clock. If it exists everywhere, I mean the word midnight, it means uli ndivuto ndiiweyo, ofunika kukukoka makutuwo kuti mwina ungamve bwino.

       1. Hahaahahahah Digital Watches are still exists and we have them, you remember Casio? We have them in many shops this side,and it can cost you between K30,000 and K40,000. But your explanation is just supa good.

    3. Trivial.

21. Lero ma salary alowe tikonzekere lockdown, sitingadzi tsekere anjala opanda kalikonse

22. This is one of the useless decisions by the president. The majority of Malawians are of lower class who rely on daily bread. This copy and paste from developed countries.

23. I see chaos in Malawi due to hunger and anger. At least some countries are providing hand outs and unemployment benefits to their citizens. APM is enjoying the money himself, sharing with nobody.

24. Thank God there is Atupele Muluzi. He’s going to provide all 18 million of us Malawians with protective clothing. He donated some stuff to the 2 billion plus population of China for the Corvid-19, didn’t he?

    1. Kikikikiiiiiiii, ali busy pano kuba ndi agogo ake.

25. Aja amati you are caretaker president can now understand that you are the ‘President of Malawi’

    1. Taking care of lockdown. And how long has it taken him to make this decision.

    2. Inu mukuwoneka kuti mumaganiza ngati nkhuku.

26. THANKS Mr President.

    1. thanks for what? tivutika tonse mwinanso kwambiri anzathu amene amatigulitsa mapeyala from Thyolo kuti apeze chakudya chatsiku lalero

       1. Nonsense lockdown

27. PPE mwacedwa nao
    ma airport boarder mwatseka?
    Ratio ya Mw Ndi U S death rate
    siinamaliziketu statement yi

    1. alaa shupit chokani apa

28. Fellow malawians,we should not be fooled by those who are writing nonsense about the lockdown here. These are fools living outside Africa and many of them were locked down since last month. They have no jobs ,they can’t go to drink,the can’t socialize even kuyenda bawo. Some of them have no money to pay rent
    Lockdown is best way for our lives here. Someone by the name testimony talking about Trump,he doesn’t know that Doctors have refused him to reverse lockdown. We read the news and watch TV channels from America. Don’t fool us here. Kagwerre uko.

    1. Ambwiyeee Trump and America put in place measure to curb the lockdown impact on the population….congress passed and Trump signed the stimulus package to help stimulate the economy. Besides that, the 15 million plus people who have lost their jobs in US have registered for unemployment benefits; the facility your corrupt govt cannot afford to put in place.That said, Trump still wants to reopen America. The reputations the lockdown is causing on the American economy are huge and already the IMF has forecasted recovery of the economy to take a few years time. When America sneezes the whole world catches pneumonia goes the saying. The debate to reopen the economy in America is an ongoing debate and Trump has set 1st May as the day he is lifting up the lockdown measures. Trending on BBC today, German will start reopening schools in phases. News zimene mmawerenga inuyo ndi ziti… Zaucadet basi! Check ma guidelines amen anaika a WHO about lockdown in poor countries and human rights ndi tiyankhulanenso. You have no data boss… Taking out of your foolish imagination which will destroy you! You maniac you!
       Lockdown must be implemented together with measures to lessen the burden on the vulnerable like the poor masses, the beggars on the streets, the companies which rely on daily production in order to be able to pay their workforce, small businesses and many more! Less than that no lockdown is meaningful!

    2. So what are you saying?

29. cut and paste job.kwa azathu kuli relief money for all not for the top people only like you pitala.
    the know how to share ,help, look out after each other. kuno mumagulitsa cimanga coti ma citizens adye eg CHAPONDA, JB .did.
    mumagawa cimanga nthawi ya ma elections kiti tikusankheni.
    musamangoonela zocita

30. Power hungry Mcp and utm kuzawona nyekhwe pamenepaja😂😂😂

31. Copy and Paste nonsense. Lets see how you lockdown Mbayani or Mtandire for 21 days.

32. While the Deaths in Western Countries have been mostly among Old People ,Italy ,America etc….Here you are going to kill Children and Women ….Malnutrition …I know several women whose only source of income is Selling Vegetables…..Nthenda imakupha ngati immunity yako Siri bwino …NDIE ngati munthu atokhalira Kudya phala la mchere daily because of Lockdown what’s GONNA HAPPEN to their Immune System …it’s politically Convenient ….Koma ……

    1. As of 13th April 83 percent of deaths in Italy were Over 70 yrs only 1 was aged between 0and 9 koma COPY AND paste yanuno mupangisa imfa za ana ambiri between 0 and 9 yrs ….

33. All of you supporting lockdown mitu yanu siikugwira bwino. Where are u going to leave??? If you are in Malawi I’m sorry for you stupid people. Unless u have your own electricity and water not from escom and waterbord respectively instead of dying with corona you gonna die with hunger you and your pitala you are very stupid

34. In this kind of Lockdown, who is responsible for the salaries to the employees?

35. Lock down cannot work in Malawi. God has his own way how to deal with people like this interim Preident. Your supporters will turn against. Lockdown without clear guidelines is a nonstarter. Most of the poor that support your evil party live on hand to month and they cannot not even survive a day of lock down. The consequences of lock down will be catastrophic than Covid-19 itself. I miss Kamuzu’s leadership. Peter Muntarika is more dangerous than Coronavirus itself.

    1. U think Malawi is the only country following these measures?u think government didn’t think of these obvious concern of yours. Chinyezi mbafa

    2. Mwagwa nayo baba! APM is the State President. Because the constitution does not have a provision for ‘Interim president’. MUSOVENGE

       1. ubwino wake anzathu aku Thyolo ndi amene amayenda yenda kugulitsa mapeyala ndiye aona kuti atani

          1. The beauty in that statement. If you have ever attended any commercial or business class you will realise those are the people that facilitate and are crucial to the economy.You should try it sometime other than Kuyambisa timabungwe tosadziwika bwino and nepotism koma kumakanika kutukula Kukaya. Kuli ntchile lokha lokha olo toilet paper sagulitsa.

    3. Genius points

36. In addition to lock down, please nominate jane ansah to succeed biased Andrew Nyirenda as chief justice next year. Ansah is made of sterner stuff than madise and Nyirenda combined.

37. I have a good supply of grass from Nkhota-kota. I am safe. For now.

    1. Bush D akhala munthu wofunikila

    2. Can you share with Chilima, Chakwera and Mtambo. They will need lots to calm them down during g the lock down.

38. This will save a lot of lives. Thank you very much Mr President. life is precious, we all have one life, we all have kids and loved ones. stay safe, observe the guidelines and lockdown stipulations and all will be well.No time to play politics, let’s be patriotic all of us.

    1. A normal person loving in poor Malawi knows that this thing about lockdown is a stupidest idea. If Trump wants to re-open the US what about we the worst poor of the poor.??? What intervention has this corrupt govt put in place to ease the impact of the lockdown on its citizens especially the poor masses? Our homes will be broken into…while this idiot in statehouse has everything and more than enough to even throw away… Maniac in statehouse

       1. You think Malawi is the first country to initiate the lockdown. Wait till people start dying for you to understand the importance of these measures. Who breaks into people’s homes when the whole community is at home??? Don’t be a fool. We need to constrain this virus, not politicise this issue and lockdown is the only proven method the world over so far.

       2. You are right to have fears,but they are just that;fears. Gen Namathanga and MDF already ontop of this.

39. A Malawi tifa ndi njala ndithu mmalo mwa coronavirus.

40. It will last a day, for a simple reason…poverty!
    How do I get food when I have no electricity for my refrigerated food!? How about the rest of the country, villages?
    Just hood-winking my fellow Malawians.
    Lets keep an eye on him, on the money from IMF, please, please.

    1. When the jombo is up where the sun don’t shine u find means of following the rules. There are other countries with more poor people than we have , including India with 73 million in dire poverty.How do you think they are following and observing the lockdown

       1. They are failing to observe. Is it better to die of hunger in a quest to survive Covid???

       2. You mean the jombo that is salivating at the prospect of all the bribes that will be made to look the other way while people break the lockdown “rules”? Are you really a Malawian? Have you ever interacted with the DPP Police that you’re talking about? This lockdown is unworkable and has not been made for Covid reasons. With the snail’s pace testing that the Govt is carrying out, how will they even know when it’s safe for life to return to normal?

       3. Ndiwe mbuli eti? What fraction is 73 million out of a population of 1 billion Indians versus 16 million poor Malawians out of 18 million

       4. Check the international news how badly people are affected by the lockdown in India,,,,people are losing life coz of hunger

41. Izi ndiye za uchitsiru, za upumbwa..just to frustrate elections process.

    1. Wagwa nayo.
       Leave politics out of Covid-19

       1. What about the poor! Some. Of these heads though

          1. They were poor yesterday,they are poor today, the lockdown changes nothing. People are resourceful stop thinking of people as dunderheads. Plus the gorvernment am sure has already looked into this.

             3/4 of Malawi population is in rural areas not urban.

    2. We all have one life. Right to life tramples all other rights. You can register now but if you contract the virus and you are dead in 4 weeks how will you vote? What good does that serve?. The corona fight is bigger than the needs of a few disgruntled, power hungry politician’s.

       Our kids should not become orphans just because of elections.

       1. Galu iwee

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