Category: Health

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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Public advised to be wary of thunderstorms  By Duncan Mlanjira The Department of Climate Change & Meteorological Services says most areas of the country are expected to experience thunderstorms accompanied by strong winds and lighting during the rest of the month of December. Thus, the MET Department reiterates its advice to the general public “to take precautionary measures such as being indoors whenever thunderstorms occur within vicinity so as to avoid being struck by lightning or being harmed by…

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* AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson are for those aged 18 years and above * Ministry of Health to publish guidelines on the use of Pfeizer-BioNTech vaccine * The vaccines have been reducing the risk of developing severe disease, risk of hospitalization and deaths * While the other preventive measures help to prevent from contracting or passing on the virus By Duncan Mlanjira Presidential taskforce on CoVID-19 has endorsed use of Pfeizer-BioNTech vaccine that covers for people as young…

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Blantyre DHO’s Director of Health and Social Services, Dr. Gift Kawalazira * From past experience, there is usually a four-week window period from the time South Africa records an increase in numbers * To the time Malawi follows suit with Blantyre being the hardest hit * The only effective way to protect oneself from CoViD-19 is to get fully vaccinated against the disease * As of the past 24 hours of Thursday, Malawi registered five new CoVID-19 cases, seven…

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