Category: Health

* 154 new cases identified amongst 700 Malawian SA returnees held at Mapanga reception centre * Total number of active cases now at 2,744 * 452 is highest number ever recorded since the first case on April 2, 2020 * The active cases admitted are in 13 hospitals across the country By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi is still observing a rapid increase in the number of new confirmed COVID-19 cases, admissions and deaths during the past three weeks. In just…

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* Of the active cases, 89 are admitted in 11 hospitals * Local transmissions still on the rise as 267 new case are local * Some of the returnees involved in the fracas at Mapanga have been arrested for malicious damage and arson By Duncan Mlanjira The COVID-19 second wave that has hit the country continues to take it toll as in the past 24 hours, 15 related deaths have occurred and 269 new COVID-19 cases have been registered…

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* The Mapanga Prison Training College property destroyed during rioting on Sunday * Police used teargas to control the unruly returnees after blocking Blantyre-Zomba Road * The public suggests publishing their names to alert their kinsfolk to send them back * As of Saturday, out of the 327 new cases recorded, 54 were imported infections through returnees By Duncan Mlanjira A lot of property is reported to have been destroyed at the recently designated COVID-19 quarantine centre at Mapanga…

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*As produced by the Government of Malawi through the Ministry of Health in August 2020 Acknowledgement The Ministry of Health has developed this guide on Home-Based management of persons with asymptomatic and mild Covid-19 symptoms as part of Malawi’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic at community level. This guide provides the policy direction towards COVID-19 prevention and control with support from different stakeholders and structures at community level. Therefore, the Government through Ministry of Health is committed to implement…

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First Deputy Speaker Kazombo * Let’s open more centres for testing everywhere including remote health centres * Let’s have mobile vans deployed in Trading Centres parked with testing kits * More health personnel should be deployed, more drugs be bought By Duncan Mlanjira First Deputy Speaker of Malawi Parliament, Madalitso Kazombo is suggesting that the government should consider closing borders and open more centres for testing everywhere including remote health centres in the wake of the nasty COVID-19 second…

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Chakwera met Madonna without wearing masks and did not observe social distance * During the festive season over the last few weeks, many of us relaxed our vigilance against the virus * Many of us are back to the old ways of not wearing masks * Now we are paying the price as COVID-19 pandemic is on the loose again By Duncan Mlanjira In his radio address to the nation on Sunday, President Lazarus Chakwera included himself as one to blame…

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* Brings total number of active cases to 2,067, up from 1,705 on Friday * 80 of the active cases currently admitted in nine hospitals * The highest ever recorded in the first wave was 192 on 11th July, 2020. * Since January 1, the recovered cases had been at just 106 By Duncan Mlanjira The number of new COVID-19 cases and the related deaths are spiraling at an alarming pace as in the past 24 hours, Malawi has…

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* Record-high 314 new cases * Blantyre alone registers 121 * Just 13 new recoveries * 67 cases currently admitted in 8 hospitals * 308 of the new cases are local transmissions * It’s not over, until it’s over * Wear your mask, wash your hands, observe physical distance * Protect yourself, protect those around us By Duncan Mlanjira The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is hitting the country hard as from 1,257 tests done in the past 24…

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