Presidential taskforce on Covid-19 officials are warning against excessive herb and concoction taking as remedy to covid-19, saying this can be disastrous to people’s health. Dr. John Phuka, Co-Chairperson for Presidential Taskforce on Covid-19 says home remedies should be used in moderation as they have the potential to cause stress on various organs. Phuka says […]
Malawians have been put on alert on a mutated variant of the novel coronavirus many countries including some African countries such as South Africa, which are said to be spreading faster than the primary variant as the country has registered 23 new Covid-19 cases from the 272 tests done by Tuesday bringing the total number of active cases to 323. In […]
Authorities on coronavirus (Covid-19) are warning that people should not be complecent on virus pandemic, saying coronavirus is still ravaging and killing many and that communities should guard against a possible Covid-19 second wave by sticking to basic preventive measures. Chairperson of the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 Dr. John Phuka said this on Saturday […]
Malawians have been warned to be very cautious in observing Covid-19 preventive measures to avoid falling into second wave of the pandemic. Dean of Public Health and Family Medicine and Co-Chairperson of the Presidential Taskforce on Covid-19, Dr John Phuka made the warning when he delivered a key note address during the launch of a two-day College […]
Malawi announced no new case of the novel coronavirus from the 231 tests that were conducted and no deaths over the past two days, according to Saturday’s situation report from the presidential task force on Covid-19. This milestone was only achieved on May 26 and co-chairperson of the task force, Dr. John Phuka says this […]
From 406 Covid-19 tests that were conducted by Sunday evening, there were just two new cases that were registered and and no new related deaths while new recoveries were at 21. Cumulatively, the country has recorded 5,768 cases and of these 4,206 have now recovered — bringing the total number of active cases to 1,383. Total […]
Malawi’s restrictions on social interactions to contain the coronavirus outbreak are working and have flattened the curve of new life-threatening pandemic virus cases, co-chairperson of the presidential taskforce on Covid-19, Dr John Phuka said on Tuesday. In his situation report, Phuka said the country’s data suggests that there is steady reduction in the new cases […]
As the country awaits the arrival of 20 000 testing kits in early September, which have been donated by China, co-chairperson of Presidential Taskforce Force on COVID-19, Dr. John Phuka has said there is need to rationalize the use of the limited number of test kits stock currently in stock. In his situation report on […]
As of Tuesday, August 11, six Coronavirus-related deaths were registered, bringing the cumulative figure at 152 as the total figure of recorded cases in Malawi is now at 4,714 since the first cases in April. Since August 1 alone, there had been 42 deaths — six on August 1 (from 108 new cases recorded); three […]
President Lazrus Chakwera has said the number of people infected with coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic in Malawi appears to be rising and the country has negatively been impacted with the uptick in infections. Chakwera said this on Saturday during his weekly national address. He said that even though Malawi has no law to enforce the curbs […]
An official of the Covid-19 presidential task force has blamed urbanization, negligence and lack of security enforcement for the current spike of coronavirus infection spike in the country. The country has 123 new cases in the last 24 hours bringing the number of confirmed cases to 3, 981 with total active cases standing at 2065 […]
As Malawi continues to register more coronavirus (Covid-19) cases, five people are reported to have succumbed to the pandemic as of Sunday, July 26 after recording 107 new cases, officials have announced. The total number of deaths since April is now at 99 with just the past week alone registering 22. A situation report presented […]
The Presidential Task Force on Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic announced that as of Friday 26th June, 2020, Malawi had registered 45 new virus cases. This has brought a number of total confirmed cases to 1005. So far, 13 deaths have been registered with the latest one being that of a 56 year old man who died […]
Malawi has registered 48 new coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic cases, bringing the number of infections to 529 as people continue to disregard government set strict prevention measures of the disease. A statement from Presidential Covid-19 Task Force and signed by its co-chairperson Dr. John Phuka says the country has registered three new recoveries and deaths remain […]
Malawi on Friday reported a record 70 new coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic cases within 24 hours of recording another 102 infections bringing the total numbers to 273 as one of the Malawian returnees from South Africa has died few hours after arriving at his home village in Karonga. Briefing journalists in Lilongwe on Friday, the Presidential […]
Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 chairperson Dr. John Phuka has said the task force is helpless over the continued political rallies as the country gears for a fresh presidential election. Phuka said this on Thursday in Lilongwe at its first meeting since President Peter Mutharika reconstituted the committee which now has two chairpersons, includes the […]
President Peter Mutharika has appointed a 21-member Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 which is inclusive of stakeholders replacing the Special Cabinet Committee on Covid-19. The previous committee was headed by Health Minister Jappie Mhango. According to a statement from the Chief Secretary to the government, Dr. John Phuka from the College of Medicine [CoM] will […]