Minister of Health Jappie Mhango has said Malawi which has so far confirmed 33 cases of COVID-19 and three deaths is recording a jump in the spread of the virus pandemic. Mhango said on Thursday that although those figures are still relatively small in the global picture, the sharp increase in cases is a cause […]
Member of Parliament for Lilongwe City South East , Ulemu Msungama, of opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has accused Special Cabinet Committee on Coronavirus of lying that a person who died Wednesday in Kaliyeka, Lilongwe was tested COVID-19 positive. In statement posted on his Facebook page, the parliamentarian says he is completely disappointed on how […]
Private practice lawyer, Bright Theu, has questioned government’s decision to put Principal Secretary (PS) for the Ministry of Health and Population, Dr. Dan Namarika, in the lead in the fight against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. In his post on the social media, Theu challenges that government cannot successfully convince Malawians on COVID-19 pandemci with Namarika […]
Plan International Malawi – an organization that advances children’s rights and equality for girls – on Thursday afternoon donated personal protective equipment (PPEs) worth US$130,000 (approximately MK97, 500, 000) to enhance Malawi Government’s response to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The latest donation is part of the US$2 million package the organization has set aside […]
NBS Bank on Thursday donated various personal protective equipment (PPEs) for Blantyre Health Office (DHO) health workers who are in the frontline in mitigating Coronavirus (COVID-19). The PPEs included examination gloves, face masks and protective suits as a response from several calls made by various quarters and the health workers themselves for assistance in such […]
Some family members and workers of the man who recently died of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Lilongwe are demanding that medical tests should be conducted on them to ascertain if they have contracted the virus or not. Yousuf Bassa – a brother to a Dudha – accused the Ministry of Health of deceiving the nation […]
This, every citizen in the country must understand now, is no time for joking and playing Russian roulette with COVID-19, the strands for coronavirus pandemic. This disease is scary and—taking it from the sharp rise in local transmission amidst sporadic tests; we all need to be worried. That is why, from today, we have entered […]
Several organizations from Blantyre have donated tap buckets to Blantyre City Council to help prevent the spread of Coronavirus. The items included 80 buckets, 40 tap buckets and small tap buckets, among others. The organizations which came together to donate the items worth close to K300,000 Inspire Marketing Group, Ecoride, Afrimax Limited, League4change and Nest […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and its electoral partner, UTM, have warned government that will take the blame if Malawians take the law into their hands in protest against the proposed nationwide lockdown to prevent further spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The MCP-UTM alliance and its partners argue that President Peter Mutharika is resisting to comply […]
A suspected Covid-19 patient in Nkhotakota District has accused Malawi government through the Ministry of Health (MoH) of faking his illness. The 26-year-old patient whom the Malawi government claimed he was diagonised with the virus on April 11 2020 claim he has no any symptom of the virus. “I feel that government has faked my […]
Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale has withdrawn an application to the High Court to challenge an injunction obtained by Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) stopping implementation of a three-week national lockdown to curb coronavirus. Government through lawyer Neverson Chisiza from Attorney General Chambers on Wednesday filed a sworn statement with the High Court of Malawi Lilongwe […]
Minister of Health Jappie Mhango has said on Thursday that there are 10 new coornavirus (Covid-19) confirmed cases bringing total number to 33 cases. Mhango told a news conference in Lilongwe that all 10 cases are in squatter township of Kaliyeka in Lilongwe the capital city. He said the new patients are contacts of the […]
Ministry of Health Principal Secretary (PS) Dan Namarika has said up to 16 million Malawians could be infected with Covid-19, the strands of the novel coronavirus pandemic in a year. Currently, Malawi’s population is estimated at 17.6 million, according to the 2018 Population and Housing Census conducted by the National Statistical Office. But during a media briefing in […]
Malawi Law Society (MLS) in its Legal Guidance Paper on Management of the Novel Global Coronavirus (Covid-19) has added its voice to criticism of government of politicising the management of the outbreak and that the response to Covid-19 should operate within the legal framework. The law society has accused government on acting illegal on most […]
At least 396 passengers disembarking from the MVIllala ship have been screened for Coronavirus (COVID-19) at Kariba Port in Nkhotakota as a measure to prevent the spread of the disease. Nkhotakota Health Care Workers, put up the measure since some of the passengers aboard the ship were coming from the neighboring Mozambique through Likoma Island. […]
As the number of COVID-19 cases is increasing in Malawi, a local NGO in conjunction with the Malawi government has started distributing braille pamphlets among people with visual impairments. It is the first time for Waters Malunga, Chairman for the Union for the Blind in the district to get such information on a braille format. […]
Malawian family grieving for their relative who has succumbed to Covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, has received heartfelt condolences from President Peter Mutharika. Ministry of Health on Wednesday reported five new virus cases and also confirmed that one person had died to the coronavirus. In a statement released by presidential press secretary […]
Malawi government through the office of the Attorney General has filed to High Court to vacate the injunction which temporarily barred the government from implementing a 21-day lockdown to curb coronavirus following a petition by a human rights group. One of the lawyers at the Attorney General’s chambers, Neverson Chisiza filed the application to discharge leave for judicial review and […]