Minister of Health and Population, Jappie Mhango has called upon health care workers in the country not to take advantage of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic by making unrealistic financial demands. Mhango made the remarks this week in Lilongwe when he toured an isolation centre at Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) as he was being briefed about […]
The first three people to be infected with coronavirus in Malawi have recovered after tests results showed negative but one more Covid-19 positive case has been recorded bringing the number to 17, Minister of Health Jappie Mhango said on Friday. Mhango, who chairs Malawi’s Cabinet committee overseeing its response to the pandemic, told a news […]
Minister of Health, Jappies Mhango, chairing he Special Cabinet Committee on Coronavirus (Covid-19) has outlined a range of new tough measures to ensure enforcement of the lockdown effective at midnight on Saturday, including restricting the movement of people in order to minimize the spread of the virus. Mhango told a news conference on Thursday that […]
Minister of Health Jappie Mhango has outlined strict new measures to tackle the spread of coronavirus during the 21-day nationwide lockdown, including restricting the movement of people in order to minimize the spread of the virus. Mhango, who is chairperson of a Special Cabinet Committee on Coronavirus established by President Peter Mutharika on March 7, 2020 […]
Legal scholar, who is also Dean of Law at University of Malawi’s (Unima) School of Law Sunduzwayo Madise, has said the coronavirus (Covid-19) measures which Minister of Health Jappie Mhango has published in the Malawi Gazette – official government publication- including a nationwide lockdown should not be involving curtailing of people’s rights and freedoms. In the notice, Mhango, who is […]
The number of new coronavirus (Covid-19) cases in Malawi ticked up again as Minister of Heatth Jappie Mhango on Monday confirmed three new virus pandemic cases. Confirming the development, minister Mhango, who chairs a Special Cabinet Committee on Covid-19, said among the new cases include a 22 year-old lady who arrived from Dubai on 17 […]
The number of confirmed coronavirus (Covid-19) cases in Malawi has risen to 13, Minister of Health Jappie Mhango has disclosed. Mhango, who heads a Special Cabinet Committee in Covid-19 said on Sunday that Malawi has recorded another case of virus pandemic bringing the number of those who have tested positive to 13. The new case has […]
Health minister Jappie Mhango on Saturday officially opened the coronavirus (Covid-19) testing laboratory room at Mzuzu Central Hospital which will cover the whole of northern region. Speaking to the media after launching the facility, Mhango said out of the two Covid-19 suspects the Mzuzu Central Hospital had, all have tested negative. He said it takes […]
Government has launched a K157 billion preparedness and response plan to combat the spread of Covid-19, a strand of coronavirus. Minister of Health Jappie Mhango, who is also the chairperson for Special Cabinet Committee on Covid-19, launched the plan at Bingu International Conference Centre in Lilongwe on Wednesday. Mhango, who was flanked by Minister of Disaster Management […]
Chikwawa district health officials say the sole coronavirus patient in the district used uncharted routes to get to Malawi from South Africa. District Health Officer Dr Stalin Dzinkanda said the unnamed patient is now in isolation whilst his family members in chief Ngabu’s area in the district are in quarantine as they await to be […]
Minister of Health and Population Jappie Mhango confirmed on Tuesday that the number of confirmed Coronavirus (Covid-19) cases in the country has risen to eight with one death recorded from the respiratory illness. The minister was speaking when he fronted a news conference in Lilongwe on Tuesday where he announced that the country has recorded […]
Public enemy coronavirus could kill about 50 000 in Malawi and the killer virus could potentially infect 85 percent of the country’s population currently at 17.5 million if Covid-19 were to hit the country for a year, Minister of Health and Population Jappie Mhango has said. The minister offered a grim prediction on Monday when he […]
Malawi which recorded its first three confirmed cases of the coronavirus last week Thursday and on Saturday registered another patient, has recorded a new confirmed case of the virus pandemic and now the number has risen to five. The special Cabinet Committee on Coronavirus led by Minister of Health Jappie Mhango announced about the new […]
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 […]
Malawi has recorded another coronavirus (Covid-19) patient, this time in Blantyre bringing the number of confirmed cases to four, Minister of Health and Population Jappie Mhango said on Saturday. Mgango, who chairs a Special Cabinet Committee on Coronavirus disclosed this at a news conference in Lilongwe. “As you recall, on 30th March 2020, the President, […]
Malawi special Cabinet committee on coronavirus has outlined strict new measures to tackle the pandemic from spreading in the country, including decongesting the country’s prisons by pardoning the sick, old and lactating mothers from the country’s prisons. This was disclosed by five cabinet ministers led by Minister of Health and Population Jappie Mhango at a […]
Minister of Health and Population, Jappie Mhango has expressed satisfaction with the construction works of a multi-million kwacha state of the art Phalombe District Hospital currently in progress. He said this on Wednesday in Phalombe after touring the hospital and staff houses to appreciate the work being done. Mhango said for a long time, the […]
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 […]