In an effort to dispel fake news and dis-information about the deadly coronavirus disease (Covid-19), the Ministry of Civic Education and National Unity on Monday launched a nationwide Covid-19 Loud Hailing Campaign to boost the existing information dissemination and awareness raising initiatives on the pandemic. The Minister of Civic Education and National Unity, Timothy Pagonachi […]
A powerful parliamentary committee has told the office of the Auditor General to institute an audit into the K6 billion covid-19 money which the Department of Disaster Management (Dodma) received from government. This follows widespread reports that the money might have been abused. The Public Accounts Committee of Parliament has since written the office of […]
Medics in the country are expressing concern over continued harassment of health workers due to misconception over Covid-19 matters. The Society of Medical Doctors (SMD) is worried with continued mistreatment of health care workers by some guardians of Covid-19 patients. SMD president Victor Mgonjetsi Mithi has dismissed rumours orchestrating abuse of health workers which include […]
Salima Secondary School alumni have donated personal protective equipment (PPE) worth K2.4 million to Salima District Hospital. Speaking during the handover on Saturday, the group’s vice-chairperson Enock Phale said they mobilised resources to support the hospital’s efforts in fighting the Covid-19 pandemic. “We are responding to President Lazarus Chakwera’s call to help fight the pandemic,” […]
Dedza District Covid-19 Relief Support (DDCRS) has handed over medical supplies and equipment costing over K 2 million to Dedza District Hospital to assist in the fight against the Covid-19 in the district. The Group donated two 10.2 kgs Oxygen filled Cylinders ,flow meters, disposable face masks, Nasal prongs for adults, adjustable drip stands ,medicines […]
The main opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has expressed serious reservations on the conduct of Department of Disaster Management Affairs (Dodma) in the way it has used or abused K6.2 billion Covid-19 response funds from Treasury, fearing this could just be a “microcosm” of a much larger rot happening in President Lazarus Chakwera administration regarding the use […]
Minister of Health Khumbize Chiponda and Minister of Information Gospel Kazako have announced that government has decided to go ahead with acquiring the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, despite concerns about its efficacy. “We are going ahead as planned,” said Chiponda on Monday evening. Malawi has acquired 1.5 million doses and that additional ones were on the […]
Government is reviewing whether to proceed with the planned rollout of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine after a research showed it offered minimal protection against mild infection from a new variant spreading in the country from South Africa blamed for the surge in cases. South Africa announced on Monday its pause after researchers from the University of Witwatersrand […]
Health Partners International of Canada (HPIC), a Canadian non-governmental organization (NGO) – has responded positively to the appeal President Lazarus Chakwera made to the international community for financial and material support towards national efforts to combat Covid-19. HPIC has donated K72 million worth of essential drugs to the Ministries of Health and Homeland Security. The drugs have been channeled to […]
Some local disability organisations in Malawi have pleaded for inclusivity of the persons with disabilities in the newly National Preparedness and Response Strategic Plan which is currently being drafted by The Presidential Task Force on Covid-19. The organisations which are under the Federation of Disability Organisations in Malawi (FEDOMA) and others registered by the Non […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has urged the nation to applaud health workers across the country for helping in the fight against coronavirus. Chakwera said when he delivered his fifth National Address on the war on Covid-19 from Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe Sunday evening, that frontline healthcare workers should be commended for their heroism putting their lives […]
Heads will roll if any controlling officer or cluster head fails to account for the K6.2 billion Treasury released last August for the Covid-19 fight, President Lazarus Chakwera has warned. President Chakwera in his National Address on the update of Covid-19 from Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe Sunday evening said it was unfortunate that some controlling […]
Scientists have said a new study has revealed that the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine coming to Malawi does not appear to offer protection against mild and moderate disease caused by the viral variant from South Africa which is confirmed in the country, but President Lazarus Chakwera the country should still prioritize preventing further infections. In both […]
Section 12 (1c) of Malawi’s Constitution lays down the fundamental principle on which the constitution was founded. It states that ‘the authority to exercise power of State is conditional upon the sustained trust of the people of Malawi and that trust can only be maintained through open, accountable and transparent Government and informed democratic choice’. As […]
Malawians have expressed dismay with the state of Bwaila Covid-19 Testing Centre in Lilongwe as there reports of misappropriation from the K17 billion latest funding on the on the Covid-19 pandemic fight while the Department of Disaster Management Affairs (Dodma) is under fire to explain the K6.2 billion expenditure of the previous funding. Journalist Idriss […]
A 92-year-old grand father has hit headlines after he recovered from Covid-19. He is Reverend Thomson John Chipeta, a resident in Mchinji. Chipeta is the principal and founder of Home of Hope orphanage, the place where pop star Madonna adopted three children, David Banda and the twin girls Chipeta’s grandson, Shingai Chipeta said that Reverend […]
Principle of Chancellor College, a constituent college of the University of Malawi , Prof Richard Tambulasi has died of Covid-19. He is one of the 38 people who have succumbed to the deadly virus within the last 48 hours. Authorities at the college are describing the death of Principal of the College Professor Richard Tambulasi as […]
Karonga north west legislator James Bong Kamwambi who died of Covid-19 has been laid to rest when there is heated debate on whether parliamentarians should meet physically or virtually following the surge in the virus infections. Kamwambi is the fourth member of parliament to die of Covid-19. The body of Kamwambi, who until his death […]