Presidential spokesperson Mgeme Kalilani has said President Peter Mutharika is heading the special committee on coronavirus after cabinet was dissolved. Kalirani has moved in to assure the public that the special coronavirus committee is intact and working despite the dissolution of the cabinet on Friday. KaliLani’s assurance comes amid concerns that the cabinet has been […]
Church goers this Sunday faced strange new rules in most churches across the country as they were forced to wash hands and avoided hand shake greetings in the face of raging coronavirus. Some churches provided chlorine solution and encouraged elbow greetings while others did the Indian namaste greeting. Malawi has not recorded any positive case […]
Members of the Catholic church sponsored Alleluya Band are back in the country from Italy where a number of activities they had scheduled were cancelled and were forced to be indoors due to the ravaging coronavirus disease. Band leader Coss Chiwalo said the band members are now in government medical staff monitored quarantine at their […]
UTM Party patron Noel Masangwi has told people in Chikwawa to be alert on the coronavirus pandemic, advising them to visit their nearest health facility if they feel the symptoms of the deadly disease. Masangwi said this on Friday during a UTM political rally at Mapelera in Chikwawa. He advised the people to take measures […]
Business person Shiraz Ferreira of SF International has kick-started his K100 million (approximately U$135,800) hygiene initiative to schools across the country to help in the prevention of deadly Coronavirus pandemic. The coronavirus outbreak is no longer a threat for Africa, it is now a reality as more and more countries on the continent have cases […]
Catholic bishops in the country have forthwith banned the traditional handshakes in church and told those counting Sunday money collections to wear face masks amid fears of coronavirus disease attack. The Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) chairperson Archbishop Thomas Luke Msusa has announced 23 strong measures aimed at preventing the coronavirus disease which has […]
At least nine Chinese workers who arrived in the country from China to work on the Nsanje/Marka road project have been quarantined for 14 days as a preventive measure for the coronavirus. Nsanje district commissioner Douglas Moffat said the Chinese are part of CR 20 Chinese construction company which is working on the road. “They […]
Chancellor College Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, Adamson Muula and Microbiologist in the Department of Biology Sciences, Dr. Placid Mpeketula on Tuesday evening hosted a public lecture on the country’s position on Coronavirus. The two professionals made two presentations on Global and Public Health aspects of COVID-19: Should we be more concerned? Seconded by […]
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has said qualifying matches for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations will go on as scheduled despite fears from some quarters on the global crisis of corona virus. CAF has issued a statement to all its member associations including Malawi assuring them that there is no serious threat about […]
If you listen carefully to the LORD your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the LORD, who heals you.” Exodus 15:26 The […]
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has tested positive for coronavirus. The Gunners have closed their training ground and club staff who had recent contact with Arteta will now self-isolate. The Premier League will hold “an emergency club meeting” on Friday to discuss future fixtures. “This is really disappointing but I took the test after feeling poorly,” […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has trimmed its team which is in the country for a review of its programs due to the ravaging coronavirus outbreak which has been labelled a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). However, it is not yet known whether the trimming was as a result of some members contracting the disease […]
Malawi will drastically cut the time it takes to have results of coronavirus testing following the acquisition of its own testing equipment. Minister of Health Jappie Mhango says the medical equipment has been acquired with the help of World Health Organization. “The equipment will help Malawi get results faster than is the case now when […]
Malawi Police at Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) in Lilongwe have intercepted and seized 2, 259 masks from a Chinese national who attempted to export them to coronavirus disease hit China. According to KIA police spokesperson Sapulaine Chitonde, Liu Rishan, 38, whose passport number is E27915003, was intercepted on Tuesday while on his way back home […]
President Peter Mutharika has on Sunday appointed a special cabinet committee on coronavirus as South Africa registered a second patient of the disease, posing a great danger to Malawi. Secretary to the Office of the President and Cabinet Lloyd Muhara the aim of the cabinet committee is assess the impact of the COVID-19 and “oversee […]
Management of a new Chinese Hotel in Blantyre say the opening has been delayed due to the Coronavirus disease which has effected the transportation of furniture from China. Peacock Hotel deputy manager Derrick Xu said this on Friday when minister of Trade, Industry and Trade Salim Bagus toured the hotel facility. “We were supposed to […]
Director General of Immigration Masauko Medi has urged immigration officers through the country to be vigilant in enforcing the Citizenship Act by vigorously checking immigrants as a precaution measure.to prevent the deadly Coronavirus from spreading into Malawi. Medi said this on Friday when the Department of Immigration and Citizenship Services held an emergency meeting at […]
So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived. –– Numbers 21:9 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the […]