Human activities across the globe have significantly scaled down due to Coronavirus(Covid-19) pandemic. Nations have instituted lockdowns disrupting daily routines of many. From December 2019, the virus that causes Covid-19 disease, SARS-COV-2, has quickly spread from Wuhan in China, to many countries across the world prompting the World Health Organisation (WHO) to declare it a […]
Through the initiative funded by the European Union (EU) to fast-track the review of some prisoners’ cases and decongest the country’s overpopulated prisons, about 1 392 inmates have walked to freedom. Prior to the release of the 1 392 prisoners under the Chilungamo (Justice and Accountability) Programme, Malawi Prisons were home to 14 000 inmates […]
A fierce social and political commentator has hailed United Democratic Front (UDF) president Atupele Muluzi for his initiative of going around the country distributing food items to people and sensitising them about the novel coronavirus pandemic. Muluzi, who is also Minister of Energy in President Peter Mutharika’s Cabinet, has been to Central Region last week on […]
Malawi’s estranged State Vice President Saulos Chilima has said citizens’ loss of trust in the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) led government is affecting the fight against the coronavirus pandemic in the country. In his televised address on issues of national importance on Sunday evening, Chilima said that it is clear that majority of Malawians are […]
The neutrality and professionalism of the Malawi Police Service (MPS) have come under serious public scrutiny again after law enforcers fired teargas to disperse spaciously-seated congregants at St. Louis Catholic Parish in Balaka on Sunday morning. Ironically, the police happily provided security to densely-seated supporters of the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and its alliance […]
Malawi police in the eastern district of Balaka on Sunday evacuated worshipers from churches as part of measures to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) following the directive by government banning all public gatherings. “Police officers came to our church and chased away worshippers. We ended the service abruptly,” church-goer Elias Tepani told […]
A first case of coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic patient in the northern region has been recorded in border district of Karonga, Minister of Health Jappie Mhango has confirmed. Mhango said on Sunday from northern city of Mzuzu that a 27 year-old man who had travelled to Tanzania has tested positive of Covid-19. The minister said the […]
A grouping of Pentecostal pastors and apostles has warned the Malawi government against implementing lockdown on churches as a measure to control the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country. The grouping, which is called Concerned Clergy, argues churches are essential service providers; hence, it would be inappropriate and unreasonable for government to close […]
Frontline healthcare workers on Friday failed to go to Kaliyeka area, the coronavirus hotspot in the capital Lilongwe after the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) issued threats that its members would burn vehicles and beat up the staff. The healthcare workers were supposed to go to the area to trace at least 40 people who […]
Malawians have given mixed reactions on the World Health Organisation’s and Centre for Disease Control backing of the coronavirus cases figures in the country. Some Malawians said the 33 figure of the coronavirus cases in the country was cooked up by the government to scare people so that the Constitutional Court sanctioned presidential election should […]
Malawi Parliamentary committees have now joined the vicious battle against coronavirus as the government engages parliament on the pandemic wrecking havoc both lives and economies of the world. The parliamentary committees on Health, Media and Social and Community Affairs have joined forces in the fight against COVID-19 in an effort to increase the scope of […]
Prophet David Mbewe of Living Word Evangelistic Church (Liwec) on Friday was named the fifth claimant in High Court order extending the interlocutory order of injunction temporarily barring the government from implementing a 21-day lockdown despite a rise in the number of coronavirus cases. Other claimants include Cecilia Kathumba, Monica Chang’anamuno, Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) and […]
Chinese Ambassador to Malawi, Liu Hongyang, has pledged more support towards efforts by the Malawi government to prevent further spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country. Hongyang also reiterated that China will maintain its open, transparent and responsible response to the pandemic by closely cooperating with the international community, namely the World […]
The United States of America through its embassy in Lilongwe, Malawi has confirmed the repatriation of about 88 of its citizens from Malawi back home in fear of the escalating spread of Covid-19 in the warm heart of Africa. The flight reportedly departed from Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) and flew to Dulles International Airport in […]
Mzuzu Asian Business Community has donated personal protective equipment (PPE) to Mzuzu Central Hospital (MCH) and renovated an isolation facility in preparation for the management of coronavirus (Covid-19) cases. Mzuzu Asian Business Community coordinator Rashid Bano said they have maintained toilets, the roof and walls, among others, using K4 million. The facility was originally meant […]
The future of the coronavirus lockdown in Malawi lies in the hands of Judge Kenyatta Nyirenda who is expected to make a ruling next week Wednesday April 29 2020 after hearing the application by Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) on Friday as the Attorney General formally expressed its intention not to contest or vacate the […]
There ha sbeen running battles at prisons facilities in Blantyre, Zomba and Mzuzu where the Malawi Defence Force (MDF) soldiers and Malawi police are fighting with the striking prison officers have blocked the roads leading to the prison. However, at Maula Prison in Lilongwe the situation has been calm. The junior prison officers who have […]
Some people in Dowa have shown reluctance and lack of seriousness with the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) messages, it has emerged. Dowa District Health Office and Dowa District Information Office are conducting sensitisation meetings to raise awareness in the district’s communities about the disease. One of the officers taking part in the awareness campaign, Tiyamike Masankhula, […]