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Chakwera encourages citizens to receive second AstraZeneca jab

June 6, 2021

President Chakwera receiving the second jab on Friday By Mphatso Nkuonera, MANA President Lazarus Chakwera has appealed to citizens in the country to take CoVID-19 vaccination a must in order to prevent further spread of the virus and save lives. He made these remarks on Friday at Mthunthama State Residence during the launch of the second vaccination of AstraZeneca vaccine. “AstraZeneca vaccine is safe and we must disregard any misinformation taking place, this is why the Vice-President and I…

WEMAS lives up to its pledge on giving cash back to underutilized medical insurance cover at end of year

June 3, 2021

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WEMAS MD Wella presenting the cash back * To qualify for this facility, a member should not have utilized up to 25% of claims paid By Duncan Mlanjira Wella Medical Aid Society (WEMAS) has honoured its pledge it made last year that it will be giving cash back at end of year to medical insurance policy holders whose premiums have been underutilized. The first beneficiary is Monica Chimbu, who joined WEMAS on June 1 last year, in total trust…

New private hospital opens in Blantyre along Mandala Road at Ginnery Corner

June 3, 2021

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Blantyre City Deputy Mayor, Councillor Joseph Makwinja and Dr. Queen Dube cutting the ribbon to officially open the hospital * To offer affordable and equitable healthcare services * The specialist clinics include pediatrics, obstetrics & gynecology, hypertension, diabetes, nephrology (kidney) and general surgery * It is also equipped to treat infectious diseases, stroke, thyroid as well as heart, lungs and gastro care By Duncan Mlanjira A full scale healthcare facility, Atlas Medical Center has been opened in Blantyre on…

WaterAid Malawi calls for adequate funds allocation to early childhood development in the 2021-2022 budget

May 26, 2021

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* 2019/20 ECD budget estimate also fell short of the minimum recommended expenditure * There is still a need to increase our efforts to make all children developmentally on track * Factors limiting access include inadequate facilities, infrastructure for Water, Sanitation & Hygiene By Duncan Mlanjira While commending the government for increasing the budget allocation to early childhood development (ECD) from K803 million in the 2019/2020 budget to K3 billion in the 2020/2021 budget, WaterAid Malawi contends that the…

Chilima impressed with developmental projects in Mulanje, Phalombe

May 6, 2021

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Songwe Hills mine in Phalombe expects to produce millions of tons of rare earth * The project has potential to improve Malawi’s economy for many years * The rare earth is valuable on an international market * The 250-bed Phalombe hospital expected to be completed by November this year By Blackson Mkupatira & Evance Chisiano, MANA Vice-President, Saulos Chilima has expressed optimism that development projects in Mulanje and a mining venture in Phalombe will bring socio-economic transformation which is…

Her majesty the Queen awards Onjezani Kenani’s ‘CoVID Response Private Citizen’ initiative; Commonwealth Points of Light award

April 30, 2021

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Stanley Onjezani Kenani * Fighting CoVID-19 needs every one of us to act, and the efforts of the Citizen’s Initiative should serve as an inspiration to us all * I dedicate the award to each and every one of the Malawians who demonstrated what it means to be Malawian By Duncan Mlanjira Great Britain’s Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth has awarded recognised the ‘CoVID Response Private Citizen’ initiative which Malawian Onjezani Kenani rolled out to fundraise towards procurement of medical…

Presidential Taskforce rejects waiver to increase the number of spectators for Blantyre derby between Bullets and Wanderers

April 28, 2021

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Co-chairperson of presidential taskforce on CoVID-19 Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda * The figure of 250 still stands and all responsible officers to ensure that this is adhered to * A call for a collective effort to contain the pandemic by comprehensively following all the preventive measures * The positive cases out of the total past 24 hours translates to a positivity rate of 1.5% * Weekly positivity rate (seven days moving average) is at 2.7% By Duncan Mlanjira The Presidential…

There’s general downward trend of CoVID-19 pandemic in Malawi; 38.0% decrease in cases in past week

April 28, 2021

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* The positivity rate for the past week was 2.1%, a decrease from 3.0% in the previous week * A total of 19,335 vaccine doses were administered in the past week * Bringing the total vaccines administered to 277,442 since the official launch on March 11 * Another consignment of vaccines is expected towards the end of May By Duncan Mlanjira During the last weekly reporting period, there was a 38.0% decrease in the number of new CoVID-19 cases…

Malawi Govt bans travel to and from CoVID-19 hard-hit countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Brazil

April 27, 2021

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* A new wave of the pandemic is currently spreading with severe morbidity and mortality impact in these countries * There is evidence of a COVID-19 positive case that arrived in the country from India in the past week * Only all essential arrivals and travel, such as diplomatic and medical travel shall be allowed in By Duncan Mlanjira Government has banned travel to and from CoVID-19 hard-hit countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh including Brazil following concerns of the…

CoVID-19 positivity rate at 3.8% in past 24 hours while weekly rate is at 3.4%

April 19, 2021

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President Chakwera leading by example by getting vaccinated * President Chakwera pledged to ease CoVID-19 partial lockdown if the positivity declines to less that 5% * 31,774 cases have now recovered at recovery rate of 93.6% * 134 were lost to follow-up bringing the total number of active cases to 912 * A total of 15 active cases are hospitalised — eight in Lilongwe, five in Blantyre and one each in Mzimba North and Kasungu * Cumulatively 258,107 vaccine…