US charters plane to repatriate Americans from Malawi

US government is chartering a plane to evacuate its citizens from Malawi amid the global coronavirus outbreak.

US ambassador to Malawi Scott: Plane coming 

A statement from the US embassy in Lilongwe says the repatriation exercise is as the result of the virus pandemic.

“We are in the process of examining options for a repatriation flight to the United States.

“The flight is expected to travel to Malawi the next two weeks,” says the statement in part.

The statement says Americans interested in the repatriation should immediately contact the US embassy consular section through the Lilongwe evacuation request form not later than 7:30am on Tuesday, April 14.

“Vulnerable populations will be priotirised and all others will be confirmed on first come, first serve basis,” says the statement in part.

However, some Malawians have taken up in various social media platforms to question the decision to evacuate the Americans from a low infected country to the coronavirus hotspot in the world.

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35 replies on “US charters plane to repatriate Americans from Malawi”

  1. This is America, they know what they are doing. I think Malawi is about to face the worst from the Corona virus.
    They know something that we don’t know! Don’t sleep my fellow Malawians.

  2. Malawians, lets not choose to be ignorant. You are being fooled by the low numbers here to think that we are better off than America, Why America is topping the world record it is because they have ramped up testing. How many people has Malawi tested so far? It must be less than 1,000. Let Malawi do mandatory testing, you will see how shocking the numbers will be. Americans are not stupid they are fully aware of the tricks this government is making how poorly equipped our hospitals are and they would not risk by prolonging their stay here. As a matter of fact, you are only looking at one side of the coin, you should also check how many people are recovering from coronavirus in the US. When it begins hitting us hard there will be fewer recoveries than deaths, while in America there are more recoveries than deaths despite the number of deaths being alarming. This is not surprising America has about 160 million people. So too is the case in South Africa. South Africa is so transparent that’s why we think we are safer than South Africa or other countries. Wait a minute the opposite will happen very soon. Asiyeni apite akafere kwao. Akafera kuno mudazamangira ziriza ndinuyo? Munthu aliyense amalemekeka akafera kwao chifukwa abale ake amadziwa pomwe wagona.Ndani wa inu anagandiuze ku namwino wa ku Malawi wafera ku Mangaland uja abale ake adzapita kukaonla pomwe waikidwa, kapena kukaseza pa manda ake. Tiyeni tiganize ngati anthu.

  3. We are waiting for India and China governments to announce when they are picking up their people. Burundi and Nigeria should follow suite.

  4. I don’t blame the Americans . We had a lady who died here suffering from Covid 19 . She was refused admission into the hospitals.she needed a ventilator and wasn’t given one . In other words she was told to die in her own house.

  5. Malawi should also think of it’s citizens in South Africa please Will not die of corona viruses but hunger and starvation will kill them since the are not working and been locked out for 21 days plus 14 more 🤔🤔😵😵

  6. The pricks are safer here. We only have 5 and 1 death. Usa have 400k infected. Bunch of idiots. Anyway the less people the better so go. Nigeria Pakistan China Burundi when are you also repatriating your people? We need Malawi to be normal again. PLEASE come take them.

  7. ndikumati ndikaimba chondigwera chindigwere ndisatire matafale,yotsatira ikumakhala zandiolotseni mbuye wanga ,kenako ndikumadzaimba kumudima kodi muliko???akuluakulu apa coronayu atipha koma chofunika ndikukonza ubale wathu ndi mulungu wathu ndithu

  8. Instead of taking people from America to Malawi they do the opposition mmmm these white people what went wrong

    1. Malawi-US embassy akutani.
      sawerengera watani? ndalama anadya kale.naye azafa akabwera kuno ,kulube munkhwala weniweni.
      i guess mwians are better off there in the US. siizi zoyamba ayangana suit yovala kuti akapeleke ma bhikili atavala colour ya cipani, charity,etc.
      you wait.
      awa acita bwino kucotsako ao. akakadwala sakabisa

    2. Am afraid let american not import another degerious corono virus to Malawians let them live Malawians alone

  9. they want to die in their country. from low key covid 19 to hotspot this white people are selfish. stay here we face the war together. cowards

  10. We simply don’t have the capacity. From their country’s experience they know how fast this can spread and how ventilators are key to survival. You will be horrified to find out how many ventilators we have as a nation. Time for us as a nation to self reflect as well as Africa as a whole.

  11. It is their wish and they are not using Malawi’s resources. Some would rather die home with family rather than on foreign soil. What is your problem and whats there to comment about. Stop wasting time and do something more useful with your lives.

    1. But Namatetule does it make sense that a US citizen who is not sick (living in a low infection rate zone like Malawi) should get on a plane to USA ( with the highest infection rate in the world) only to put themselves at a higher risk of getting sick? Why not quarantine in their homes in Malawi until the curve flattens? At least that way their bloodline will survive.

  12. Americans r better off isolating in remote malawi. Just follow social distancing to the maxi. Stay at home. Their dumb president who has been in denial for sometime peddling false conspiracies and blaming everyone else hasn’t done them any favours. This disease can affect everyone. Rich or poor. Better hospitals or crap hospitals. People are being affected differently. Somebody said you have a better chance of surviving in a rich country hospital. The stats don’t agree. Even doctors and nurses working in top hospitals are dying after being exposed. This is a chance for malawians to now reflect on your society or what you want your country to be. Make things at home. Taylor your education and focus on local manufacturing. Buy homemade things and support your country men. Secure your borders. Stay in malawi. Develop your country. Stump out corruption greed and selfishness. Think of the future generations. Be proud of your country. Perform your civic duties for the best of the country.

    1. you dot have to talk bad about malawi let them take there citizens the must go nd die there it is very bad in USA the have all equipment bt people still dying so les just ask God for mercy

    1. kikikikikiki, some people are born comedians…I have giggled with laughter to your post….quick thinking…

    2. You’re right. They should take Pitala with them. Passanger number one. When are the British taking their people so that Jane Ansah can go? She has a house in Britain, she should go and self isolate there.

  13. It is well with our souls. Please proceed and quickly evacuate your citizens. We have to learn tom put our people first and politics later.

  14. Let them take their people. It’s their people after all, Germans are doing the same in South Africa, so are Britons. I truely believe Africans should draw lessons from this, instead of enriching themselves, prioritize your citizens wherever they are. Africa nust begin to trade among itself so money stays in this continent. Africa be innovative because when there is trouble just know you are on your own. Americans are taking their people because our medical facilities are practically non existent which means if you go to our hospitals you are more likely to come back lifeless so Americans will not expose their people to such danger.
    The whole world has been caught with pants down with the way we manage emergencies. Our lesson in Africa and Malawi in particular is to overhaul the health system don’t wait another minute. Future generations will thank us for it. Cuba have done well is area, may be we should learn from them Combine insurance in our health system so it is well funded but don’t blame Americans for collecting their people it shows how serious other nations are with their citizens

    1. You are correct Malawians need to learn to pay for services. Health and Education. That is the only way we can pay teachers and Drs well and make sure that facilities are available. Timakonda zaulere. Mtundu omvetsa chisoni. Tonse pang’onopang’ono can go a long way.

    1. No we don’t want them back. They should stay there. White people have stolen enough of Africa’s resources.

  15. The US is evacuating Americans because in a month’s time, Malawian adzifa ngati nkhuku zachitopa. With the half measures that are in place, things will be terrible once the coronavirus shifts to local transmission. The numbers are low now because the country is having mostly imported cases. Once this phase changes to local transmission, the numbers will skyrocket. I ENCOURAGE ALL MALAWIANS TO PUT POLITICS AND EGO ASIDE AND WORK TOGETHER TO PREVENT THE LOOMING DISASTER. Otherwise, the US is secretly thinking will happen in Malawi will materialise and anthu fa ngati nkhuku zachitopa

    1. our GOD is faithful God. i pray that GOD shield all malawians in the name of JESUS, let all all people say ,Amen…..

    2. I agree with you, but we have a problem here, the major is what you have mentioned in your comment about Politics, in Malawi everything is politics, I can just mention very few including this pandemic, remember the killing of albinos? Politics, remember the blood suckers? Politics, now we have the same bloodsucker again, Politics, these are things at hand that just need someone to walk and visit where these things are happening instead, people are pointing fingers on each other, Politics, now come to this unknown Virus which we have given it a name Covid19 the way how we Malawi has handled or we are trying to handle it, Politics, Chakwera just to donate hand sanitizer,Politics, Chilima just to advise, Politics, Government to do something, Politics. So this Virus if it was targeting Politicians, that would be better, it would start with the leaders but because it is a no boundaries, I guess ali ndi mwana agwilitse. Some one on top has explained something important and I quote,, it’s time African Countries to look into this matter seriously because our Health facilities are just useless.

    3. No malawian in Malawi will die of covid19 in Jesus name. GOD is protecting this country and whole African Continent. The world will know how strong our GOD is.

    4. The health authorities in Malawi couldn’t even handle one case when a lady died here . She needed a ventilator but wasn’t given one and all the hospitals refused to admit her in i c u . I’m not surprised that the Americans want to go back because if they are infected with the virus everything possible would be done to save their lives in the states unlike here.

  16. Those questioning the decision have limited understanding of how terrible this virus is. If America is struggling, it will be worse when it starts hitting an extremely poor country we call Malawi. We get everything through donations, better suffer back in USA than in a poor country. In Chichewa there are wise words, Ngati Mtengowauwisi ukuyaka, kuli bwanji owuna” this is the principle developed countries are seeing. So let them flow to their homes where hospitals have basic equipment.

    1. fellow malawian fear not. for there is GOD in heaven. he hears our prayers. all we need to do is humble ourselves before almighty GOD. surely goodness and mercy shallow follow us. let every one REASON with GOD .ISAIAH 1 VS 18

      1. their fear is that when the Americans get ill here in malawi, there is not going to be adequate treatment for them

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