Malawi Parliament was nearly thrown into turmoil on the first day of its National Budget meeting Friday morning as opposition legislators demanded the presence of President Peter Mutharika in performing the State-opening of the new session. Mutharika addressed the House through a recorded message on a video link as a preventive measure of the raging […]
Malawi Parliament on Friday morning adopted a motion to wave some of its standing orders as part of adjusting to the coornvarius (Covid-19) pandemic. Leader of the House Kondwani Nankhumwa is the one moved a motion in view of the Covid-19 pandemic to amend standing orders and suspend some standing orders of the House to […]
A pregnant woman is among 24 newly infected people with covid-19 in the country in the last 24 hours which has pushed the number of coronavirus cases to 393. Presidential Taskforce on Covid-19 co-chairperson Dr. John Phuka said the coronavirus positive woman is admitted to Kamuzu central hospital in Lilongwe. It is not yet established […]
Malawian organizations based in the United States of America, under the umbrella called Malawi Diaspora Network, will hold a virtual benefit concert on Saturday, June 6 as a fundraiser to buy personal protective equipment (PPEs) as support for Malawi’s health workers on the frontline battle against the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19). It is being dubbed […]
Over 30 Malawian returnees are expected to arrive in the country from South Africa this Thursday amid concerns that the returnees are also importing Covid-19 . National Task Force on Covid-19 co-chairperson Dr. John Phuka has confirmed that arrangements are in place to ensure that the returnees conform to all covid-19 government set preventive measures. […]
Judiciary says courts will now hear urgent cases because of the rising number of Covid-19 cases which now stands at over 350. Judiciary spokesperson Agnes Patemba said the decision has been arrived at to protect staff, court users and people from the deadly disease. “We will now be attending to urgent matters as a measure […]
Mzuzu-based prophet Frank Zebron of God’s Will Church of All Nations (GWCOAN) has claimed to have “healed” two coronavirus sufferers by laying his hands on them. The two are a couple, Emmanuel Phiri and Mary Singini both from Nkhatabay district but they were staying in Kinondoni in Tanzania. According to Phiri, they came back home […]
Government has chosen Chiradzulu Teachers Training College (TTC) as a waiting centre for results of Coronavirus tests for South Africa returnees before they are sent to their home villages. This was disclosed on Tuesday when Department of Disaster and Management Affairs (DoDMA) and Blantyre District Hospital Office (DHO) engaged Chiradzulu District Council to approve the […]
Covid-19, the strands of coronavirus pandemic case in Malawi are slowly but alarmingly going up with new figures hitting 358. The Presidential Task force on covid-19 co-chairperson has since called for adherence to Isolation rules. A statement from the taskforce says Malawi has registered 22 new-Covid-19 cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to […]
Malawi UK Military Community (MUMCo) have completed their 7,046 miles fundraising challenge and exceeded the target they set of raising £7,000 (K7 million) to procure personal protective equipment (PPEs) for health workers in the frontline fight against the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19). The charity challenge, that started on May 4 and and finished on Sunday, […]
The National Planning Taskforce on the Possible Re-opening of Schools, Colleges and Universities has recommended to the Presidential Taskforce on Coronavirus (Covid-19), that all schools, colleges and universities be re-opened on July 13, 2020. The Taskforce said in a statement signed by its chairperson Professor Lewis Dzimbiri of Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources […]
President Peter Mutharika has challenged universities to scale up efforts in being innovative as one way of dealing with hurdles rocking the country. He made the remarks Monday at Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST) where he appreciated innovations done by students in attempt to avoid the spread of corona virus (Covid-19). Mutharika said […]
President Peter Mutharika has again hit at the Judiciary for blocking government’s proposed coronavirus lockdown and push ahead with mass campaign rallies – ignoring all social distancing and the ban on gatherings of more than 100 – thereby threatening lives of people. Mutharika speaking in Thyolo on Monday when he joined the campaign trail for […]
Malawians are more scared of going hungry than contracting Covid-19, the strands of coronavirus pandemic, according to a survey jointly conducted by the Institute of Public Opinion and Research (Ipor) and the programme on Governance and Local Development (GLD). The survey was conducted to gauge the public perception on Covid-19 and preliminary findings show 81 .73 […]
United Kingdom-based Rach Family Trust in recogning that the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic and its effects on food security have taken a toll on the lives of the citizens, it has rendered its support those in need by giving food parcels to the needy in Pensulo, Blantyre. The relief materials contained flour, rice, beans, cooking oil, […]
After distributing Covid-19 relief package to people of Central and Southern region, DPP -UDF Alliance presidential running mate Atupele Muluzi has extended the same to the people of northern region as to day has donated 700 bags of 25 KGs of maize flours to 700 households in the region. He donated 300 bags of maize […]
Five buses carrying 285 Malawians stranded in South Africa due to lockdown arrived at Mwanza border around 10pm on Saturday night. Mwanza border immigration spokesperson Pasqually Zulu says the number of buses were supposed to be six, but one had a breakdown in Mozambique in transit to Malawi. “These buses were supposed to arrive at […]
A novel coronavirus (COVID 19) outbreak was first documented in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China in December 2019 .Malawi first 3 cases were identified from the 2 of April 2020 and the forth case on 4 April 2020 .The first index case arrived in the Malawi on 8th March 2020 from India through KIA Airport lilongwe […]