Author: Duncan Mlanjira

*As produced by the Government of Malawi through the Ministry of Health in August 2020 Acknowledgement The Ministry of Health has developed this guide on Home-Based management of persons with asymptomatic and mild Covid-19 symptoms as part of Malawi’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic at community level. This guide provides the policy direction towards COVID-19 prevention and control with support from different stakeholders and structures at community level. Therefore, the Government through Ministry of Health is committed to implement…

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First Deputy Speaker Kazombo * Let’s open more centres for testing everywhere including remote health centres * Let’s have mobile vans deployed in Trading Centres parked with testing kits * More health personnel should be deployed, more drugs be bought By Duncan Mlanjira First Deputy Speaker of Malawi Parliament, Madalitso Kazombo is suggesting that the government should consider closing borders and open more centres for testing everywhere including remote health centres in the wake of the nasty COVID-19 second…

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Chakwera met Madonna without wearing masks and did not observe social distance * During the festive season over the last few weeks, many of us relaxed our vigilance against the virus * Many of us are back to the old ways of not wearing masks * Now we are paying the price as COVID-19 pandemic is on the loose again By Duncan Mlanjira In his radio address to the nation on Sunday, President Lazarus Chakwera included himself as one to blame…

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* Brings total number of active cases to 2,067, up from 1,705 on Friday * 80 of the active cases currently admitted in nine hospitals * The highest ever recorded in the first wave was 192 on 11th July, 2020. * Since January 1, the recovered cases had been at just 106 By Duncan Mlanjira The number of new COVID-19 cases and the related deaths are spiraling at an alarming pace as in the past 24 hours, Malawi has…

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