Association for Malawian Midwives (AMAMI) has appealed to community and faith leaders to take steps in condemning attacks and stigmatization of healthcare workers over fears of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection to the communities. The association says it has received complaints from nurses and midwives that some landlords are evicting them from their houses while some […]
Minister of Health and Population, Jappie Mhango has called upon health care workers in the country not to take advantage of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic by making unrealistic financial demands. Mhango made the remarks this week in Lilongwe when he toured an isolation centre at Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) as he was being briefed about […]
Ministry of Health chief of health services Dr Charles Mwansambo has said none of the 15 registred coronavirus patients require hospital care, saying they are “otherwise well.” The number of coronavirus cases had risen to 17 including two deaths. But Mwansambo said the 15 Covid-19 patients are “otherwise well” In quotes reported by Nation on Sunday […]
The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) chairperson Gift Trapence has said they are not against measures to curb coronavirus, clarifying that they sought a court injunction because government did not take measures to cushion poor during lockdown. Trapence speaking on Times Radio during the ‘Sunday Debate’ programme clarified his organisations’ decision to challenge government’s planned […]
Minister of Information, Civic Education and Communications Technology Mark Botomani, who is also government spokesperson, gave a very evasive answer when asked about the cushions put in place to protect the poorest and most vulnerable of society during 21-day coronavirus lockdown period. Malawi’s government was expected on Friday to announce support measures for the poor during the […]
Minister of Information, Civic Education and Communications Technology Mark Botomani has said government is ‘dismayed’ by High Court Judge Kenyatta Nyirenda’s decision to issue a court order blocking coronavirus nationwide lockdown for at least seven days. All non-essential businesses and services were to cease operating during the lockdown, which was due to end on May […]
Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS) has recommended products from five manufacturing companies to supply hand sanitisers aimed at enhancing hygiene amidst coronvirus pandemic. In a statement on Friday signed by MBS Director General Symon Mandala the five companies are Ethanol Company Limited, KenChem, Kadora Enterprises, Purity Sanitary Products Company Limited and Charma Chemicals and Distributors. […]
Interdenominational Repentance and Prayer Ministry in conjunction with United States Capitol Hill Ministries on Prayer and Repentance has organised Global Day of repentance and prayer via zoom to be held on May 1, 2020, aiming to seek God’s intervention on Coronavirus. Zoom is a video or satellite conference where many people from different locations of […]
Visual Hearing Impairment Membership Association (VIHEMA DeafBlind Malawi) says it is worried with the inefficiency in managing deafblindness by those tasked to lead the fight against the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic in Malawi. The situation has since prompted VIHEMA DeafBlind Malawi to start implementing an intervention which will enable it to work with relevant stakeholders in […]
Public transport operators in hard-to-reach areas of Mzimba District have defied government order to reduce the number of passengers to prevent spread of coronavirus which has so far killed two people out of 17 who tested positive in the country. Manyamula, Eswazini and Edingeni are among remote areas in the district where locals depend on […]
So, the High Court in Lilongwe has, through an injunction by Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC), stopped government’s move to effect a lockdown starting Saturday midnight after they argued that more consultation was needed to prevent harm to the poorest and most vulnerable of society. My immediate reaction, of course, was to worry. In fact, […]
As one way of helping in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, Total Malawi on Friday donated fuel worth K5 million to the Ministry of Disaster Management Affairs and Public Events to ease transport challenges amongst frontline health personnel involved in battle with the disease. Regional Sales Manager for Total Malawi, Abel Yellewa said the […]
The first three people to be infected with coronavirus in Malawi have recovered after tests results showed negative but one more Covid-19 positive case has been recorded bringing the number to 17, Minister of Health Jappie Mhango said on Friday. Mhango, who chairs Malawi’s Cabinet committee overseeing its response to the pandemic, told a news […]
When anyone wrongs their neighbor and is required to take an oath and they come and swear the oath before your altar in this temple, then hear from heaven and act. Judge between your servants, condemning the guilty by bringing down on their heads what they have done, and vindicating the innocent by treating them […]
The country’s final plan for 2020/2021 will be delayed as Parliament has postponed the budget meeting which was expected to start on May 8 due to the coronavirus threat but Treasury has instructed project coordinators and controlling officers in government ministries that workers in donor funded projects should continue working. Clerk of Parliament Fiona Kalemba […]
High Court Judge Kenyatta Nyirenda who was recently accused by Malaiw government of undermining coronavirus efforts has on Friday granted Human rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) an injunction against pending 21-day lockdown. HRDC Chairperson Gift Trapence has confirmed to Nyasa Times that the judge has also ordred an inter-party hearing within seven days for judicial review. […]
Human Resources for Health Coalition (HRH) has accused government of playing double standards it its response to the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic by failing to fulfil its promises to provide healthcare workers with provide personal protective equipment (PPE). The betrayal of government on provision of PPE to healthcare workers has forced the nurses’ body to […]
A wave of protests, some of them violent, has hit some parts of the country as informal business sector players, most of them vendors, took to the streets to demonstrate against the 21-day lockdown to tackle spread of coronavirus. There were protests in Mangochi, Blantyre, Mzuzu, Kasungu, Karonga, and Zomba. In Kasungu, police used teargas […]