Category: Health

* 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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Deputy Health Minister Phale (left) with UN partners during the press conference * As they join the country in strategies put in place to eliminate the disease * Parents urged have their under-15 children to receive routine polio vaccines * To contain further spread of the disease from the lone case that has been identified * Immunization for children should be given a priority in awake of the lone outbreak * Ministry of Health commended for responding favourably when…

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Today’s situation report * Just 24,828 fully vaccinated since February 1, bringing total at 800,554 people having had their jabs as of today, February 22 * CoVID-19 cases still being registered in the country on a daily basis— presidential taskforce * As of yesterday Monday, 40 patients were in CoVID-19 treatment units across the country * Today Tuesday, 34 active cases are currently hospitalised with Blantyre as highest at 20 By Duncan Mlanjira The presidential taskforce on CoVID-19 continues…

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