Health officials in Lilongwe have been following up 60 people – including students at Bishop Mackenzie International High School – over suspicion of coronavirus (Covid-19). Lilongwe District Health Office (DHO) Alinafe Mbewe-Tambala said they have traced 60 people who are believed to have had contact with the first patient of Covid-19. “So far we have […]
Malawi vice-president Saulos Chilima has said he will forgo his entire salary of K1.7 million monthly towards efforts to mobilise resources for the coronavirus (Covid-19) fight. Chilima’s spokesperson Pilirani Phiri confirmed that the State Vice-President has committed all his salato ro the Covid-fight. “I can confirm that Chilima is giving up three months salary to contribute […]
UTM Party and its alliance partners are launching a Saulos Chilima ‘Command centre’ as one way of engaging the public on national issues and Coronavirus outbreak as well as beam all its rallies on different media platforms. The Virtual Command Centre will help UTM and its alliance partners to stay in touch with Malawians via […]
In times like this coronavirus , Malawi need good government, a government that saves lives and protects the country and President Peter Mutharika has stamped its authority with is directive to employ 2 000 health workers to cope with the Covid-19 outbreak . The Malawi Health Equity Network (Mhen) executive director George Jobe said, has said […]
As fear of survival and Coronavirus confronts Malawians and everyone is hearing of the United States, the UK, Italy (where the Pope sits), South Africa and other big countries are struggling to survive, President Peter Mutharika has delivered a speech that has united the nation. For the first time in a long time Arther Peter […]
United Nations Resident Coordinator for Malawi Ms. Maria Jose Torres has said people in Malawi can work together to beat coronavirus and ensure that the crisis does not become a human tragedy. Torres said this in a statement detailing the her organisations actions in the fight against Covid-19 outbreak. “These are times to respect human […]
The Association for Catholic Journalists (AC) has appealed to Catholic journalists in Malawi to avoid creating unnecessary fear and panic among Malawians through sensational reporting on novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). ACJ Central Regionl chapter Sam Kalimba made the appeal in Lilongwe on Saturday during the ACJ Workshop on COVID-19 reporting. The workshop, which is the […]
President Peter Mutharika on Saturday evening addressed the nation to give an update on Coronavirus and new measures to be effected. Here are the 10 major highlights in the address: 1. Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) to reduce fuel prices with immediate effect. This move is intended to reduce transport costs. 2. Treasury to […]
President Peter Mutharika has warned businesses against profiteering from the coronavirus crisis and ordered the country’s Competition and Fair Trading Commission (CFTC) to put in place strict monitoring of price controls and punish anyone found increasing prices at the expense of Malawians . Mutharika asked the commission to increase surveillance and protect consumers from anyone […]
President Peter Mutharika’s approval rating has edged into positive ahead of a fresh presidential election on July 2 with more Malawians on Saturday including opposition social media loud-mouths lavishing praise to the Malawi leader who announced he will take a 10% salary cut together with his Cabinet and redirect the money towards the fight against […]
President Peter Mutharika has urged Malawians to “unite and stand steadfast” to stop the spread of coronavirus as confirmed cases in the country stand at four, saying many countries are struggling, many people are suffering and many are dying across the world. Mutharika said this on Saturday evening during a special address to the nation […]
President Peter Mutharika on Saturday has directed the Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (MERA) to reduce fuel prices with immediate effect and Treasury to reduce salaries of the President, Cabinet ministers and their deputies by 10 percent for three months and direct the resources to fight against the coronavirus. Mutharika said this in a special address […]
Several operators of pubs in Mzuzu have defied the directive of City Council to be operating their businesses in restricted areas, time so as to curb spreading of the coronavirus (Covid-19) which is now spreading in the country. On Thursday Mzuzu City Council officials ordered bar owners to operate from 2pm to 8 pm while […]
Ministry of Health Principal Secretary Dan Namarika has assured the public that they should have trust in the medical personnel that the country has and that the texts they are carrying on coronavirus (Covid-19) are accurate. Namarika was reacting to social media reports that indicated that the positive Covid-19 cases registered so far are not trustworthy. Malawi […]
Kenya’s health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe on Saturday, April 4, said four people that had tested positive for the coronavirus (Covid-19) disease, two of them had travelled to Malawi. The total number of patients affected by the Covid-19 disease in Kenya had risen to 126. Of the four new patients, Mutahi stated that three are Kenyans while […]
As concern is growing that a woefully inadequate health system will leave Malawi unable to cope with the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis, there has been calls to halt the voter registration exercise for July 2 presidential fresh elections in view of the social distance measures. Malawi has so far recorded four cases of Covid-19 and fears […]
Government has said Malawi Police Services has sealed all uncharted routes that people could be using to cross borders uncharted, which remains a threat in the face of coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Minister of Homeland Security Nicholas Dausi has said this at a news conference in Lilongwe addressed by a Special Cabinet Committee on Covid-19. He […]
Minister of Health and Population Services Jappie Mhango has said the fouth coronavirus patient recorded in Malawi recently returned from UK – where four weeks after it recorded its first death from Covid-19 its deaths now surpass the reported total in China, the epicentre of the virus. The new Covid-19 Malwi patient has been tested positive […]