Lilongwe City Council (LCC) has imposed far-reaching restrictions in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus, putting temporary ban on all public gatherings including birthday parties, bridal showers and shutdown pubs. LCC chief executive officer John Chome said the measures are an attempt to prevent a major outbreak in the capital city with poor […]
Malawi government should consider turning the idle state residences as quarantine centers for those contracting coronavirus (Covid-19), State vice-president Saulos Chilima has said. As it stands, the Malawi President has access of stay to six residences which include Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe as the official residence, Mtunthama Residence in Lilongwe, Mzuzu State Lodge, Sanjika Palance […]
Vice-President Salous Chilima says Malawi is still ill -prepared to fight Coronavirus (Covid-19) and has since asked the government to consider some firm measures he has proposed to ensure that the lives of ordinary Malawians are protected and their livelihood cushioned from the effect of the virus pandemic. Among the measures, Chilima says government should […]
State vice-president Saulos Chilika said described a 10 percent pay salary cut for President Mutharika and his 32-member cabinet to cushion the impact of coronavirus on the economy as manifestly inadequate for a country that depends largely on donor funding, and where the virus is starting to be felt, therefore calling for further reduction up […]
A Malawian nurse working in UK has died after contracting coronavirus. Elsie Chafulumira Sazuze, in mid 40’s, was based in Birmingham in England’s Midlands and was working for a care home . She had no underlying health issues. Her husband Kenneth Sazuze – a renowned Malawian DJ who is training to be a nurse – […]
State Vice President Saulos Chilima, who is also UTM president, has told Malawi government to completely lockdown Capital Hill, the seat of government in Lilongwe, in view of the coronavirus outbreak and advised President Mutharika to relocate to the capital from Blantyre to inspire authorities “in this time of despair”. Chilima said this at a […]
Government has issued a stern warning to herbalists against claiming they have the cure for coronavirus. A senior official in the ministry of health Dr Nedson Fosiko said coronavirus is a new disease in the world therefore no one should claim to have discovered its cure. “I am sure those herbalists claiming to have the […]
A health expert has advised health workers to utilize fully the limited coronavirus materials and equipment the country has as the fight against the deadly disease continues. Head of Community Health Nursing at Kamuzu College of Nursing Enala Thombozi said this on Tuesday. Thombozi’s remarks come hot on the heels reports that the country is […]
Management of Savenda Chitipa United has released all its players to go home and wait from there as to when the TNM Super League might kick off amid the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. It will however be very difficult to monitor the players from their homes as some come from distant places like Blantyre, Lilongwe, Kasungu […]
Chikwawa district health officials say the sole coronavirus patient in the district used uncharted routes to get to Malawi from South Africa. District Health Officer Dr Stalin Dzinkanda said the unnamed patient is now in isolation whilst his family members in chief Ngabu’s area in the district are in quarantine as they await to be […]
Prophet Shepherd Bushiri, through his humanitarian arm Shepherd Bushiri Foundation (SBF), has announced a coronavirus (Covid-19) response intervention worth about K50 million in Malawi. The intervention is just a continuation of what Bushiri is already doing regarding Covid-19, so far, in South Africa, India and United States of America . In a media statement, Bushiri […]
President Peter Mutharika has admitted that the country is facing unprecedented times and uncertainty as the Coronavirus pandemic evolves. Mutharika in his special address to the nation on Tuesday evening said the global outbreak which has killed one and eight affected people in Malaiw is “creating a lot of fear, suffering and loss of life.” Said Mutharika: “ Here […]
In realizing the risk that tourism and hospitality industry faces but has to continue to operate despite the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Malawi’s Sunbird Hotels and Resorts pledges to be of service under very strict preventive measures service player by deploying special medical personnel. These special medical personnel will be screening all staff members and their […]
Minister of Education, Science and Technology William Susuwele Banda has urged schools in the country to use distance learning programmes in response to school closures due to the Coronavirus pandemic that has affected education systems. Speaking, during a news conference by the Special Cabinet Committee on Coronavirus in Lilongwe, Banda said that the Ministry was working […]
Amid coronavirus outbreak, a Lilongwe-based group of companies, Ocean Industries Limited has become the first Malawi firm to give its employees “special financial packages” as part of its response to the virus pandemic. Many firms are warning of collapse, wiping out hundreds of jobs, as economy is slowing down. Ocean Industries general manager Jagadeesh Kumar […]
Focus 265 Management female artists are set to release an educative song concerning preventive measures on Corona virus (Covid-19). The management which consists of four female artists known by their stage names Pasha de Mwa, Lady Morgana, Fresh Diva and Cookie Kay have worked on a collaborative song based on the pandemic. Patricia Mwale also […]
Human Resources for Health (HRH) Coalition has given the Malawi government up to Friday this week to procure and supply personal protective equipment (PPE) in all public health facilities or face nationwide strike of frontline workers in the coronavirus ‘warzone’. The coalition argues that a lack of or shortages of PPE in public health facilities […]
Our Aim Foundation (OAF) has expanded its initiative of promoting coronavirus disease (Covid-19) prevention to Lilongwe City after recently initiating the prevention program the disease in Mchinji district. Speaking after a donation of reusable masks and soap at Area 3 Police Station and Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) in Lilongwe on Monday, OAF Chairperson, Shobi Jiwa […]