The Director of Health and Social Services for Blantyre, Dr. Gift Kawalazira, has written the Principal of the College of Medicine (CoM), requesting the college to conduct tests on herbal drugs some people claim to be a cure for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). In the letter, Kawalazira asks Dr. John Mponda, who heads the Pharmacy […]
All courts in Lilongwe have closed Friday as officials are disinfecting the premises for Covid-19. This was after one suspect in the infamous cashgate involving former director of Budget Paul Mphwiyo tested positive for the virus. Officials at the court said the courts will open on Tuesday next week. The closure will affect some high […]
An official of the Covid-19 presidential task force has blamed urbanization, negligence and lack of security enforcement for the current spike of coronavirus infection spike in the country. The country has 123 new cases in the last 24 hours bringing the number of confirmed cases to 3, 981 with total active cases standing at 2065 […]
Reports that antimalarial drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine could be used to prevent and cure the coronavirus (Covid-19) have received a caution from medical experts. Malawi, as many other countries globally, continues to experience a surge in Covid-19 cases and deaths with the current statisc showing the country has registered 3 858 cases of coronavirus, 107 […]
The month of July has so far been the most devastating in terms of new COVID-19 cases and deaths, and August 2020 does promise worse. If not foreseen by authorities, this spike will further worsen the current burden on the health system, limitation of attention on all non-COVID-19 conditions (maternal and child health, HIV, malaria, […]
First Lady Monica Chakwera has said she is saddened with rising numbers of people contracting Covid-19, the strands for coronavirus pandemic in the country. Madam Chakwera said there is great need for Malawians to take precaution measures; like washing hands, social distancing and face covering to prevent the spread of the contagion. She was speaking […]
Health experts are insisting the wearing of face masks must be compulsory to prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus amid soaring numbers of Covid-19 cases in the country, exceeding 100 deaths. The death toll due to cooronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic in the country now stands at 103 after four new deaths were recorded in the […]
Minister of Civic education and National Unity Timothy Mtambo has called on community radios and civic officers to take on a proactive role in order to deliver effective public awareness of the Covid-19 pandemic. Mtambo was speaking on Monday at the official opening of the capacity building workshop for community radios and National Initiative for Civic […]
Education authorities in Mangochi are baffled that 7, 274 teen age girls in the district have become pregnant since the school closures due to the coronavirus pandemic. According to Youth Friendly Health Services Coordinator for the district Peter Malipa, the figure is higher by 1000 girls compared to girls who became pregnant similar period last […]
Minister of Health Khumbize Chiponda has directed health officials in Karonga District to start this week testing anyone displaying symptoms of Covid-19 at Songwe Border. She made the directive on Friday on a tour to appreciate efforts made at the Songwe Border to contain the spread of Covid-19. The minister observed that the country has […]
As Malawi continues to register more coronavirus (Covid-19) cases, five people are reported to have succumbed to the pandemic as of Sunday, July 26 after recording 107 new cases, officials have announced. The total number of deaths since April is now at 99 with just the past week alone registering 22. A situation report presented […]
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) executive member Dean Josiah Banda, who was a special adviser to former president Peter Mutharika has succumbed to coronavirus, the party spokesperson has confirmed. DPP spokesperson, Nicholas Dausi said Josiah Banda has died after contracting Covid-19 – the disease caused by coronavirus. He passed on in the early hours of Monday at […]
Over 300 school going girls in Nsanje are pregnant following the unscheduled prolonged closure of schools due to the Covid-19. This comes at a time when 1 000 girls in Phalombe and 400 girls in Mzimba are also pregnant since schools closed in March this year, a situation which has left education officials banging heads […]
Following an urgent SOS call by Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) made in national newspapers pleading for further assistance for personal protective equipment (PPEs), charitable organization Round Table Malawi has donated some worth MK1.92 million (approx. US$2,500). A situation report presented on Saturday by co-chairperson of Presidential Taskforce Force on COVID-19, Dr. John Phuka indicates that […]
The High Court in Lilongwe is on Tuesday expected to rule in a matter which the Minister of Health declaration of the lockdown in April was challenged through a judicial review process that was then certified as a constitutional matter. Ministry of Justice spokesperson Pilirani Masanjala says all parties in the case made their submissions […]
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is set to release $45.07 million to help boost the Malawi National COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Plan by financing the government’s response to the health, social and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Minister of Finance Felix Mlusu confirmed the development with Nyasa Times in a telephone interview a short while […]
As Malawi grapples with Covid-19 with virus cases continue to spike, President Lazarus Chakwera has said he is talking to UK-based Zimbabwean billionaire businessman and philanthropist Strive Masiyiwa, who has promised to provide ventilators and investment. Chakwera disclosed this in quotes reported by The Guardian newspaper of UK. “This is a serious challenge,” Chakwera said, one […]
Minister of Homeland Security Chimwendo Banda has said there’s a sudden coronavirus spike in Malawi prisons that is increasing by the day, saying President Lazarus Chakwera has pardoned the first inmate to test positive and has ordered further review. Chimwendo Banda said Covid-19 the spread of Covid-19 in jails is endangering not only prisoners and workers but the […]