“I have been assured that by June next year, this facility will be a fully fledged centre.” The cancer centre currently under construction in Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe will be fully operational as of June 2022, government authorities have disclosed. Currently, the facility only provides chemotherapy but by June 2022 the hospital will be offering radiotherapy […]
A horde of Malawians have taken to various social media platforms, especially Facebook, to vent out their discontent on why a whole Minister of Health, Khumbize Kandodo-Chiponda, would “stoop so low” to witness an incineration ceremony of expired Covid-19 vaccines, which they say, would have been overseen by a junior in her ministry. On Wednesday, […]
Malawi’s Health Minister, Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda, has called for vigilance among key agencies in the fight against Covid-19 in the country’s border posts to stop people that might be trying to use borders to sneak in from high risk countries. Kandodo said security agencies and health workers in border posts have to be alert on […]
Following a directive from Minister Health, Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda, Salima Sugar Company has temporarily suspended its operations for the next 14 days in order to contain the CoVID-19 spread that affected its estate. “We have agreed with the Honourable Minister and are hereby temporarily stopping operations at the Salima estate,” said the company in a […]
An Indian national, who was in a group of 40 compatriots that arrived in the country to work at Salima Sugar Factory, has died from what is suspected to be a deadly Indian variant of Covid-19 case. The Company’s Secretary Dr. Charles Thupi while confirming the death only said the deceased was pronounced dead upon […]
Government has banned travel to and from CoVID-19 hard-hit countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh including Brazil following concerns of the threat of importation of new variants of the virus from other regions and countries of the world. In her Monday situation report, co-chairperson of the presidential taskforce on CoVID-19, Health Minister Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda said […]
Football Association of Malawi (FAM) and Super League Association of Malawi (Sulom) have expressed excitement with the easing out of restrictions on public gatherings from 50 to 250 people but said it could’ve been better if the government could’ve allowed more spectators at matches. The Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 Tuesday announced that government has […]
The audit report on the K6.2 billion Covid plunder under the watch of President Lazarus Chakwera has faulted the presidential taskforce on Covid failing “in its duties to act on the procurement of personal protective equipemtn (PPEs) of K850,000,000.00 by the Ministry of Health and Central Medical Stores Trust. In essence the report exposes Health […]
A month and a week since President Lazarus Chakwera launched the COVID-19 Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccination program on 11th March, 240,744 doses have been administered in the country with 11,524 being administered in the past 24 hours of Wednesday. However, 16,440 vaccine doses have expired as of Tuesday, 13th April due to people not taking advantage of […]
Minister of Health Khumbize Chiponda, who is also Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 co-chairperson, can expect to be hit by a third coronavirus wave despite most of the adult population likely being vaccinated if the restrictive measures are being ignored and local medics are worried health care system might not withstand it. Speaking at the daily Covid-19 briefing […]
President Lazarus Chakwera will be the first to take the dose of the coronavirus vaccine with First Lady Monica Chakwera as the government will roll out vaccination drive in Zomba, government has said. The administration of the vaccines is expected to start on March 15. Health Minister Khumbize Kandondo Chiponda and Minister of Information Gospel […]
Minister of Health Khumbize Chiponda has confirmed that the closure of schools will be extended until at least March to tackle the spread of Covid-19. President Lazarus Chakwera three weeks ago declared a state of national disaster in response to the recent spike in Covid-19 cases with restrictions which include school closures, a night-time curfew, and […]
Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda says plans to install an oxygen plant at Mzuzu Central Hospital is at an advanced stage. Kandodo said this after visiting health facilities in Mzuzu and Mzimba to see how they are coping with the spike in covid-19 cases. “My team at the ministry is finalizing drafting the Technical […]
Government has gazetted Public Health and Covid-19 Containment and Management laws, which among others, criminalises non wearing of masks in public to tackle a surge in cases. Face masks are now mandatory in public, if found not wearing the masks, a person be liable to pay a fine of K10 000. Some of the orders […]
Government will now be demanding Covid-19 test certificates from returnees on arrival at borders following violent protests yesterday by returnees from South Africa who were demanding that they be released from a quarantine centre in Blantyre before their covid-19 test results were out. A number of structures at Mapanga Prison Training School in Blantyre were […]
The Presidential Taskforce on Covid-19 has said government will now enforce a requirement that no one is seen in public space without a face mask on and Malawi police will enforce the restrictions on opening and closing times for pubs as well as public gatherings and transport service to observe the carrying capacity that had […]
Malawi government through the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 has announced the sealing of the country’s borders and a gathering of over 100 people in an unprecedented move to disrupt the chains of infection of coronavirus pandemic. Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda, who is also co-chair of the task force, announced the measures in […]
Minister of Health, Khumbize Chiponda has said the commissioning of a gas plant at Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) in Lilongwe will help reduce deaths because KCH and surrounding hospitals will have access to oxygen at all times. The minister made the remarks on Tuesday during the commissioning of the equipment held at KCH premises, a […]