Licensed tobacco markets for the 2020 season will go ahead this month but with strict adherence of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) preventive measures such as physical distancing. Tobacco Commission’s chief executive officer, Kayisi Sadala says this is in pursuant to the presidential directive that tobacco markets be opened in order to protect growers. Ministry of Agriculture […]
Malawi government has cancelled the the voter registration exercise for July 2 presidential fresh elections and also banned market days in villages with immediate effect due to the coronavirus outbreak. Malawi has so far recorded eight cases of Covid-19 with one death and fears are that the number could surge with more testing. The special […]
Frontline medical workers through Medical Doctors Union of Malawi has asked the Special Cabinet Committee on Coronavirus (Covid-19) to provide several services including providing adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) for those heading into a ‘warzone’ as the virus pandemic hits. Health workers across the country are ‘taking risks’ when it comes to their own health due […]
Minister of Health and Population Jappie Mhango confirmed on Tuesday that the number of confirmed Coronavirus (Covid-19) cases in the country has risen to eight with one death recorded from the respiratory illness. The minister was speaking when he fronted a news conference in Lilongwe on Tuesday where he announced that the country has recorded […]
Association for Persons with Albinism in Malawi (Apam) has taken a swipe at the government for playing “double standards” when President Peter Mutharika declared a state of disaster on coronavirus before any case yet his administration refused to declare Malawi a dangerous place for persons with albinism when dozens of deaths were recorded. The association […]
Malawi has recorded the first coronavirus-related death of a patient in Blantyre, health officials confirmed to Nyasa Times. The victim is 51-year old Malawian lady of Indian origin who had other underlying health conditions. It comes as Ministry of Health and Population Jappie Mhango announced on Monday that five people had tested positive for the virus. […]
TB Joshua, one of Nigeria’s best known preacher and televangelists known as “the prophet” to his many followers, has put a spin to his messaging on coronavirus after he was recently derided on social media for his declaration that the outbreak would end by March 27, 2020 as he is now warning world leaders of […]
Public enemy coronavirus could kill about 50 000 in Malawi and the killer virus could potentially infect 85 percent of the country’s population currently at 17.5 million if Covid-19 were to hit the country for a year, Minister of Health and Population Jappie Mhango has said. The minister offered a grim prediction on Monday when he […]
Blantyre District Health Office is set to establish a Covid-19 press club which will act as a hub for factual information sharing with the media. This was disclosed by Blantyre District Director of Health and Social Services, Dr. Gift Kawalazira during a media orientation on Covid-19 organised by Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust and The Polytechnic’s […]
Every Girl in School Alliance (Egisa) has embarked on a campaign dubbed Covid-19 Dignity Campaign through which it will be providing sanitary pads, soap and bleach to vulnerable women and girls as the global including Malawi faces Coronavirus pandemic. Speaking Monday in an interview in Mzuzu, Egisa executive director, Wilson Chivhanga said the campaign aims […]
Washington DC based Malawian communications company,LUMO associates has recently announced the launch of a website that will be used to provide all COVID-19 related information to Malawians. The website contains important contact details, including the emergency support hotline, and up-to-date news and resources concerning the deadly Coronavirus. Along with the website launch, the company has […]
Malawi which recorded its first three confirmed cases of the coronavirus last week Thursday and on Saturday registered another patient, has recorded a new confirmed case of the virus pandemic and now the number has risen to five. The special Cabinet Committee on Coronavirus led by Minister of Health Jappie Mhango announced about the new […]
The country’s consumer rights activist, John Kapito has called on government to close high risks and overcrowded places such as markets as well as the country’s borders as one way of containing global pandemic, Coronavirus. On Thursday, Malawi recorded its first three confirmed cases of the coronavirus. On Saturday, the number rose to four. There […]
The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has suggested that the construction of stadia for local football giants Nyasa Big Bullets and Be Forward Wanderers on tax-payers money should be put on hold to direct resources to fight coronavirus outbreak. President Peter Mutharika during the May 21 Tripartite Elections campaign promised to build stadia for the […]
The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has said it welcomes President Peter Mutharika’s new measures to protect jobs, incomes, businesses and ensure continuity of the supply chain and the survival of the Malawi economy during the coronavirus crisis but has also offered its recommendations. HRDC said in a statement made available to Nyasa Times signed […]
Department of Road Traffic and Safety Services (DRTSS) says it has very low stock of printing cards used for driving licences, professional driving permits, traffic register cards as well as instructor licences due to coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic travel restriction. In a statement issued by DRTSS, the travel restrictions and lockdown have led to failure by […]
Health officials in the northern region are asking for a coronavirus testing facility to boost national efforts to combat the virus pandemic. Mzimba North acting director of health and social services Naomi Mulwafu said the northern region needs its own testing centre if they are to contain the outbreak. She said whenever there is a […]
A High Court judge Kenyatta Nyirenda who recently came under fire from government when he ordered the Department of Immigration not to deport four Chinese nationals upon their arrival in the country amidst the highly contagious Covid-19 has made a stinging ruling that questions archaic laws on the declaration of State of Disaster. President Peter […]