Category: Health

* As of Friday, 892,414 were fully vaccinated with 1,142,421 having had their first jab while 766 have had the Booster dose * New cases are also not escalating as 10 new were registered as of Friday evening * There were 324 new recoveries and no new related deaths * Cumulatively, Malawi has recorded 85,650 cases including 2,626 deaths at case fatality rate of 3.07% * A total of 80,654 cases have now recovered at the rate of 94.17%…

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A polio immunization exercise * As Blantyre DHO embarks its exercise from Monday, March 21-31 targeting under-5 children By Duncan Mlanjira, Maravi Express & Mayamiko Phiri, Correspondent With the support from UNICEF and other partners, more than 9 million children in four countries of the Eastern and Southern Africa are to be vaccinated against polio in the first round of a mass campaign after an outbreak was confirmed in Malawi. Meanwhile, as part of its national response, Blantyre District…

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* By now after one year since vaccination was rolled it should have been at 12% * Ministry of Health encourages people availability of AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson in all health facilities * As of Tuesday, 863,025 people are fully vaccinated; 1,135,654 have had their first jab while 415 have had the Booster vaccine * There were 11 new CoVID-19 cases registered, 56 new recoveries and one death from Blantyre that  was unvaccinated By Steven Godfrey Mkweteza, Correspondent…

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Receiving the consignment at Kamuzu International Airport *  After Malawi Immunization Technical Advisory Group submitted its recommendations on the booster dose * The booster doses are for eligible individuals with at least 3 months after the primary series of the vaccinations * As of Sunday, February 27, 803,626 people are fully vaccinated By Fostina Mkandawire, MANA & Duncan Mlanjira, Maravi Express Upon receiving a consignment of 277,000 doses of Astrazeneca CoVID-19 vaccine from Japanese Government on Saturday at Kamuzu…

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Mia descending from Liwonde water treatment plant during the inspection  By Martin Chiwanda, MANA Minister of Water and Sanitation, Abida Mia has described the water situation in Liwonde, Machinga District as a crisis when she visited the area to appreciate the challenges people in the township are facing with regard to water and sanitation. She said people in Liwonde are facing a lot of challenges in as far as accessing potable and enough water is concerned as they are…

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