Chikwawa District Council is closing from this Friday to disinfect its offices amid coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. In a letter dated July 23 2020, signed by district commissioner Ali Phiri, the council says it has temporarily shut down its offices to disinfect them. Reads the letter in part: Please be informed that Chikwawa District Council shall […]
Capital Hill, the seat of Malawi government in Lilongwe, has been shut down due to Covid-19 threat and civil servants are being asked to stay away from their offices. Deputy chief secretary to the government Janet Banda says the shut down from Friday is to enable the disinfection of government offices following cases of the […]
Likoma District has registered a second positive Covid-19 case within a week with the latest being a female health care worker . According to Likoma District Medical Officer, Mathias Londo, a 26 year- old developed mild symptoms over the past week when she was in Mzuzu. Londo said the new case has been advised to […]
About 13 prisoners have tested positive to Coronavirus (Covid-19) at Nkhata Bay Prison. According to spokesperson for Nkhata Bay District Hospital, Christopher Singini, 10 inmates and 3 prison warders have tested positive to Covid-19. “Yes out of the 14 new cases registered today in Nkhata Bay, 13 are from Nkhata Bay Prison,” said Singini. Prison […]
Phalombe District Health Office (DHO) says it is facing challenges in ensuring that Covid-19 cases remain in self-quarantine. In an interview, Phalombe district environmental health officer Chimwemwe Jella said most of the suspects and confirmed cases were freely interacting with the public despite being advised to stay at home and protect others from the risk […]
Secretary for Local Government and Rural Development Charles Kalemba has confirmed the death of Senior Chief M’bwana of Nkhatabay District. According to Kalemba, M’bwana succumbed to Covid-19 on July 22 2020 at his home. M’bwana whose real name was Francis Nyirenda was born in 1947. He was installed as Traditional Authority on 15th October […]
UTM Party governor for the eastern region Alhaj Bernard Sande died on Wednesday after contracting the novel coronavirus and was laid to rest, according to a local medical official on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media. State Vice President and UTM leader Saulos Chilima led the party in […]
A police officer has died after contracting Covid-19 in Zomba just days after Eastern region police headquarters was shut down after the police officer tested positive for the virus.aNational Police spokesperson James Kadadzera has confirmed of the death. This brings to two the number of police officers who have died of the disease. Kadzera said […]
Malawi UK Military Community (MUMCo) will be fulfilling the pledged donation of personal protective equipments (PPEs) worth over K8 million for frontline healthcare workers treating Covid-19 patients in Malawi. This will be presented at College of Medicine Lilongwe Campus on Wednesday, July 22. This follows a 7,000 miles challenge MUMCo) made last may to raise […]
Blantyre District Health Office (DHO) is appealing to well-wishers to assist it to buy oxygen cylinders from Intakatech Company in order to access oxygen from the gas producing plant at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital. A letter of request from Blantyre DHO’s Services, Dr. Gift Kawalazira says Intakatech Company installed an oxygen gas producing plant at […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) wing in South Africa has donated food rations worth R5000 (about K200 000) to 50 Malawian families affected by hunger due to Covid-19 lockdown in that country. The South African Government on July 3, 2020, announced extension of lockdown measures to further contain the spread of coronavirus which had led to […]
Following the rapid surge in coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic cases within Malawi the Asian Business Community of Blantyre, Limbe and Zomba has imposed a second partial lockdown to contain the the spread of the pandemic. Effective Monday midnight for one month, it is now mandatory to wear a face mask when around people they do not […]
Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda has said her ministry is taking robust measures to slow the spread of coronavirus as 223 health workers have since been affected by the virus pandemic in the country. Chiponda has disclosed that Treasury has released K90 million for risk allowances for Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) and […]
Minister of Transport Mohammed Sidik Mia has ensured that there are all systems in place for key workers at the airports are working with support of the military to ensure the country allows cargo planes including those meant to bring in Covid-19 materials such as testing kits. There has been an industrial action by the […]
Malawi could be heading for economic recession with gross domestic product (GDP) projected to contract by -3.5 percent as the financial toll of the coronavirus continues to escalate. A recession is a macroeconomic term that refers to a significant decline in general economic activity. Malawi did not go into full national lockdown for Covid-19, but the local […]
Malawi’s Vice President Dr. Saulos Chilima has again tested negative for Covid 19, two weeks after he also tested negative when he first took the test. Writing on his Facebook page, Chilima started by bemoaning the upsurge in Covid-19 cases in Malawi describing the situation as alarming and frightening. “Over 50 people have succumbed to […]
Malawi’s prominent private lawyer Khuze Kapeta Senior Counsel (SC) has dies of Covid-19, the strands of novel coronavirus global pandemic. Tributes poured on Sunday from members of the legal fraternity on the demise of Kapeta, who had a legal firm known as Bernhard & Harris. University of Malawi (Unima) law lecturer at Chancellor College (Chanco), Sunduzwayo Madise, in his […]
In response to the rise of COVID-19 cases in the country, one of the fast growing insurance company in Malawi, Reunion Insurance donated K2 million towards the purchase of protective materials to Mlambe Mission Hospital’s isolation centre in Lunzu, Blantyre to assist in its fight against the pandemic. As of Saturday, July 18, Malawi registered […]