Category: Health

* The first step is declaring this as a Public Health Emergency and assures the nation that the situation is under control * A risk assessment of the situation will be done with support from partners such as the WHO * Ministry of Health also to work very closely with our neighbouring countries as diseases know no borders * Laboratory results show that this is an imported virus as there is no evidence of community circulation of the virus…

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* Access to be granted only when the test result is negative * In due course Parliament will check with Ministry of Health on authenticity of vaccination details or test results * Parliament is one institution hit hard by the previous waves of the pandemic * Since the first wave, the august House has lost nine MPs to the pandemic By Duncan Mlanjira Parliament has instructed Members of Parliament, staff, contractors and the general public visiting its premises that…

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Various corporate companies and organisations are encouraging people to get vaccinated * So far, only over half a million people in this country are fully vaccinated * Less than 5% of the targeted 11 million people that need to vaccinate to reach herd immunity * Though the CoVID-19 restrictions have saved lives, they have caused inevitable damage to livelihoods By Duncan Mlanjira One of the long-term wound that in the country’s economy which President Lazarus Chakwera’s administration is set…

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An interactive meeting in Nkhotakota Maravi Express  Community and traditional leaders, politicians and other people of high standing are acting as community influencers in positive support of the rural community CoVID-19 vaccination acceleration programme, which Malawi International CoVID-19 Response Group (MICRG) rolled out in October this year. The programme is being delivered in partnership with the Society of Medical Doctors of Malawi (SMD) and NBS Bank that has reached out to three districts of Neno, Nkhotakota and Mzimba — where…

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Thursday’s situation report * From 10 new cases on Dec. 1 to 475 on Thursday, Dec 16 including one related death * Enforcement officers may order a gathering to disperse * They may use reasonable force to cause the gathering to disperse * 59,040 cases have now recovered bringing total number of active cases to 1,825 By Duncan Mlanjira The presidential task force on Coronavirus, in collaboration with the Emergency Operation Centre on CoVID-19 (EOC), has now indicated that the country…

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A potential CoVID-19 super spreader, a political rally by DPP/UDF coalition * Yet this weekend there are four mass gatherings that are potential CoVID-19 spreaders * They involve the main Tonse Alliance partner MCP and the DPP/ UDF coalition * As well as the Airtel Top 8 final on Sunday at the Kamuzu Stadium between Nyasa Big Bullets and Silver Strikers By Duncan Mlanjira The presidential task force on CoVID-19 has released new measures to take effect from Monday…

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