Category: Health

* K36m worth of medical equipment handed over to Queens Hospital * First fundraising phase in January raised K10 million for same Queens * Making it a total K46 million towards the fight against the second wave of the pandemic * Most equipment set to be used post COVID-19 era By Duncan Mlanjira Muslim Youth United (MYU) on Sunday presented K36 million worth of COVID-19 medical equipment and and its related supplies to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital’s treatment units….

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* Saturday’s positivity rate at 6.5%; Friday at 8.5%; Thursday at 7.4%; * Wednesday at 7.6%; Tuesday at 8.1%; Monday at 8.1% * In the past 24 hours, 13 cases were hospitalised; 14 were discharged * 91 active cases are hospitalised highest in Lilongwe and Blantyre at 20 each By Duncan Mlanjira President Lazarus Chakwera promised that the country’s COVID-19 partial lockdown could be lifted if the positivity declines to less that 5% and as of the past 24…

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Maravi Express Baby Dylan Alipo was born July 1, 2020 with a condition called Billiary Atresia which has kept him in hospital since birth and to save his life, he needs to have a liver transplant to be done in India that will cost US$30,000 (about K24 million). The baby’s parents, Victor and Hannah Chagona are thus appealing to well-wishers for support towards raising the funds for baby Dylan Alipo to access urgent medical attention at Aster Hospital in…

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* The Councils and clusters must urgently submit their proposed itemized activity plans on how they intend to spend their allocations * The Councils have also been ordered to submit monthly expenditure reports for for February 2021 by March 5 By Duncan Mlanjira Except for Ministries of Health and Education, all clusters and Councils have been ordered to stop spending the remaining K17.270 billion COVID-19 funds which government allocated to them to combat the second wave of the pandemic….

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* At the height of the second wave of the pandemic in mid-January, positivity rate was at over 30.4% * On Saturday, the positivity rate was at 11.7%; Friday at 15.8%; Thursday at 14.9% * Last Wednesday was at 16.2%; Tuesday at 17.7% and Monday at 15.7% By Duncan Mlanjira From 2,475 COVID-19 tests that were conducted in the past 24 hours, Malawi has registered 200 new cases, 344 new recoveries, eight new related deaths. The positive cases out…

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Covid Response Foundation presents over K10m worth of medical supplies to Queens Hospital * They demonstrated what it means to not give in to despair in times of crisis * Quotes the Bible:“Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning * Condemns recent beating of ambulance drivers and health personnel during their routine delivery of COVID-19 remains * The goal is to get the positivity rate down to 5% or lower in order to safely…

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