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Israel pledges to support establishment of cancer centre at Kamuzu Central Hospital

November 8, 2020

By Tione Andsen, MANA In its commitment to expand its cooperation to Malawi’s health sector, Israel has made a commitment to support Malawi’s efforts in developing a cancer centre at Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) in Lilongwe. Minister of Foreign Affairs Eisenhower Mkaka disclosed this Saturday on arrival in Lilongwe from Jerusalem, Israel where he went at the invitation of Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Israel, Gabi Ashkenazi. Mkaka said the two countries would exchange information…

Cumulatively, Malawi COVID-19 recovery cases at 5,346; Africa at 1,540,801

November 6, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira, Maravi Express & allAfrica.com In the past 24 hours of Friday, November 6, has Malawi cumulatively registered 5,346 COVID-19 recoveries, bringing the total number of active cases to 412 from the 648 tests that were conducted New registered COVID-19 case are two while eight are new recoveries and no new related deaths. Cumulatively, Malawi has recorded 5,942 cases including 184 deaths and of these cases, 1,170 are imported infections and 4,772 are locally transmitted while cumulatively, 65,355 tests have been…

3 of COVID-19 rules were asked by Israelites to practice over 3,500 years ago

November 3, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira The three COVID-19 preventive measures of social distancing, washing of hands and wearing of masks were practised by the people of Israel over 3,500 year ago as chronicled in the Holy Bible. On hand washing, Exodus 30:18-21 says: “Make a bronze basin, with its bronze stand, for washing. Place it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it. 19 Aaron and his sons are to wash their hands and feet with water from it. 20 Whenever they enter…

Ministry of Health loses important health management data collected since March

November 1, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira The Ministry of Health has lost important database that was collected since March this year after the server for the Health Management Information System (HMIS) crashed. A notice from Secretary of Health, Dr. Charles Mwansambo dated October 28, says the HMIS internet platform for the Ministry, which was operating on DHIS2 server, experienced “an incident” on October 2 and in the process of maintenance and restoration, it was discovered that the backup database was corrupted, resulting…

Citizen voices out serious concerns to Ministry of Health over COVID-19 tests

October 31, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira A citizen has voiced out some concerns on the Ministry of Health’s Facebook page over his experiences when he went for COVID-19 tests at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH). The concerned citizen observes that people are being asked to pay for the tests even when originally the fee-paying service was meant for people who are to travel outside the country. He said after having been unwell with cold symptoms and fevers for a longer period despite…

Malawians lack skills in storage of harvested crops — WFP Country Director on World Food Day

October 31, 2020

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By Daniel Namwini, MANA World Food Programme (WFP) Country Director, Marco Cavalcante has said too many people in Malawi cannot sustainably feed their families or safeguard their communities’ resources for the future because of their lack of skills to handle and store harvested crops. Cavalcante said this on Friday when Malawi joined the rest of the world in commemoration of World Food Day and Africa Day for food and nutrition security at Capital Hotel in Lilongwe. He said this…

CDC chief urges African countries to prepare for second wave of COVID-19 infections

October 31, 2020

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allAfrica.com & Duncan Mlanjira, Maravi Express Director of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), John Nkengasong has warned African countries to prepare for a possible second wave of COVID-19 infections. Speaking during a virtual press conference on on Thursday, Nkengasong said the number of new cases in several African countries is showing a slight increase. As of Saturday, October 31, the confirmed COVID-19 cases from 55 African countries have reached 1,774,409 with reported deaths at 42,629…

Kachere Rehabilitation Centre needs endless support for wheelchairs; Muslim Youth donate 10

October 30, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Wheelchairs are one of the very important equipments that Kachere Rehabilitation Centre use on a daily basis to treat their mobility challenged patients and they are needed endlessly because at times, they are given to patients who had been discharged when they cannot afford to buy one. This was disclosed by Kachere Rehabilitation Centre board of directors chairperson, Tom Mwamadi on Wednesday when Muslim Youth United (MYU) donate 10 wheelchairs to strengthen the relationship that…

Wednesday registers one COVID-19 related death; Total deaths now at 184

October 28, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira The calls by the co-chairperson of the presidential task force on COVID-19, Dr. John Phuka that there is a general relaxation of preventive measures by the public due to low numbers of confirmed cases being reported on daily basis, should be taken serious because number of new cases keeps registering against few recoveries. In the past 24 hours of Wednesday evening Malawi has registered one new COVID-19 related death, seven new cases against one new recovery from the…

African Union COVID-19 response fund rasises US$44m to date

October 26, 2020

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SAnews.gov.za African Union chairperson, President Cyril Ramaphosa says while the African Union COVID-19 Response Fund has to date raised US$44 million — more still needs to be done. “I want to thank all the countries on the continent who have contributed, as well as our donor community partners and the continental and international business fraternity,” said Ramaphosa, who is South Africa’s president. “However, we need to raise at least a further US$300 million to ensure assistance is provided to…