Category: Health

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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