The People of Japan have offered the people of Malawi a US$725 000 grant (about 574 million kwacha) whose chief purpose is to boost the country’s health system capacity as it rolls out the largest and most rapid vaccination programme in history this week. Malawi will start issuing the second dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine […]
It is still unclear whether or not the country might have the third Coronavirus wave following reports that results of the 600 samples sent to the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) in South Africa to determine the same are not yet known to Malawi, Nyasa Times has learnt. The samples were sent to the Rainbow […]
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) and the Public Procurement Disposal of Assets Authority (PPDA) have come under spotlight for failing to crack a whip on Fresenius Medical Care, which is embroiled in myriad cases bordering on bribery and corruption across the globe. The German-based provider of medical products and services was recently charged for bribery and […]
The Malawi Government has disclosed that it will destroy 19, 610 doses of expired coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccines next Wednesday. These are part of the 102,000 doses, which Malawi received from the African Union (AU) on March 26, 2021. Principal Secretary (PS) in the Ministry of Health and Population, Dr. Charles Mwansambo, said in a […]
Malawians who got the first dose of the Covid-19 AstraZeneca vaccine will start getting their second and last from June 3 next month, the Ministry of Health (MoH) has announced. A statement from MoH which Nyasa Times has seen says recent evidence by WHO shows that the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine remains a two […]