Category: Health

The team leaders at Queens By Duncan Mlanjira Covid Response Foundation, a private citizen initiative to fundraise towards procurement of COVID-19 medical equipment and supplies, presented the first batch worth over MK10 million to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital on Friday. A statement from the Foundation said the equipment was procured after careful consultation with Queens’ Dr. Kelvin Mponda on what was urgently required. The items presented on Friday are 3 patient monitors worth MK4.8 million; 6 patient trollies (MK810,000);…

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* 360 new cases recorded * 12 new COVID-19 related deaths * 20 discharged from treatment units * 162 currently admitted, 31 new By Duncan Mlanjira From 2,030 tests done in past 24 hours, the country registered 468 new COVID-19 recoveries, 360 new cases and 12 new related deaths. There were 20 people who were discharged from treatment units while 31 were hospitalised and currently, a total of 162 active cases are admitted with Lilongwe having the highest at…

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* 11,756 cases have now recovered, 14,582 are active cases * 227 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours * Blantyre having highest at 88 followed by Lilongwe at 73 * There were 18 new related deaths — six from Blantyre, five from Lilongwe By Duncan Mlanjira The country has registered 155 new COVID-19 recoveries in the past 24 hours, bringing the cumulative number to 11,756 cases with 14,582 as active cases. Of those recovered are 14, who have been…

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Vaccine needed first for healthcare workers * Where shifts are measured in days not hours * Queen’s hospital seemed to be spared the worst during the first wave of COVID-19 *Vaccines needed now * A special report by CNN’s David McKenzie & Brent Swails Even before Andrew Simbota arrived at the small, rural Mulanje district hospital on Saturday afternoon, doctors here wondered how they would treat him. They were down to two oxygen tanks for their entire COVID-19 ward….

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Chakwera: Those to be found to have abused their funds will be punished * As President Chakwera calls on controlling officers in various ministries to account for K6.2bln that Treasury disbursed * Summons to meet presidential taskforce in 48 hours to account how the money was used * Warns to punish any cluster that either fails to account for the money it received * First consignment of AstraZeneca vaccine expected by month end By Duncan Mlanjira President Lazarus Chakwera disclosed on Sunday that the…

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* 59 cases were admitted, 26 were discharged from various treatment centers * Currently, a total of 260 active cases are admitted: 78 in Lilongwe, 76 in Blantyre as highest * The positive cases out of the total translates to a positivity rate of 20.1%. * “In other unfortunate circumstances, some patients are brought in dead to treatment units * “Chances of one recovering from COVID-19 increases when the disease is identified as early as possible” * “Hence the need…

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