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President Trump’s seven days before testing COVID-19 positive

October 3, 2020

BBC US President Donald Trump’s Coronavirus diagnosis has come after a busy week running his administration and campaigning ahead of the November 3 election, a time in which he has interacted with many high-level officials. The president announced positive test results for himself and his wife, Melania, in a tweet on Friday, at around 01:00 local time (05:00 GMT). This followed a positive diagnosis for his close aide, Hope Hicks, who reportedly started feeling symptoms on Wednesday and tested…

US President Trump and wife test positive for COVID-19

October 2, 2020

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CNN US President Donald Trump announced early Friday that he and his wife Melania, both tested positive for the Coronavirus, an extraordinary development coming months into a global pandemic and in the final stretch of his reelection campaign in which he has flouted experts’ guidance on preventing the disease’s spread. The diagnosis amounts to the most serious known health threat to a sitting American president in decades. At 74 years old and obese, Trump falls into the highest risk…

NICO Group and its SA business partner Sanlam donate hospital equipment to 3 Malawi central hospitals

October 1, 2020

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Maravi Express South African company, Sanlam Group joined its Malawi business partner NICO Group, to further support government’s fight against COVID-19 pandemic by donating medical equipment to three of the country’s referral hospitals — Kamuzu Central (KCH), Mzuzu Central (MCH) and Queen Elizabeth (QECH) — worth K44 million. The donation, done through the Ministry of Health, answers calls to corporates and other stakeholders to assist in the COVID-19 fight and it follows several drives that NICO Group has undertaken…

South Africa risks having a second wave of COVID-19 infections following easing of restrictions

September 30, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Reports coming from South Africa’s Gauteng Province indicate that COVID-19 infection rate has climbed 6% over the week after the easing of restrictions across the country. According to a report posted on allAfrica.com written by Andre van Wyk, the increase — which was “noted with concern” by the provincial health department’s Jacob Mamabolo — was attributed to, among other factors, non-adherence to non-pharmaceutical interventions by some members of the public. The report says Johannesburg, Tshwane and…

Rotary Club of Lilongwe donates mattresses to Mitundu Community Hospital

September 30, 2020

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Maravi Express In adherence to its motto ‘To Serve Above Self’, Lilongwe Rotary Club donated 105 mattresses worth K3.4 million to Mitundu Community Hospital in Lilongwe on Tuesday, September 29. Out of the 105 mattresses, 70 of them will be used in the adults’ wards and 35 of them will serve in the paediatric wards. Speaking during the handover ceremony at the hospital, the Rotary Club President, William Matambo said club members saw it wise to contribute to procurement…

Wildlife conservation not spared in the containment of COVID-19

September 30, 2020

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Maravi Express As the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, it has never been more important to have in place measures to mitigate the impact of the pandemic to ensure that wildlife as well as its environments’ protectors are equally taken care of. Thus in its resolution to support its staff on the frontline of its projects around the world, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) hosted a ‘Voices From The Field’ webinar with senior…

Rumphi commercial sex workers assisted with PPEs in Rumphi

September 30, 2020

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By Taonga Nyirenda, MANA Rumphi has an alliance group for commercial sex workers and to prevent the sex traders and clients from contracting COVID-19, it has donated personal protective equipment (PPEs) to over 30 of those that ply their trade at Bolero Trading Centre. Speaking on Monday in an interview with, the Alliance’s chairperson, Lusiya Kumwenda said commercial sex workers are facing a lot of challenges in the wake of the pandemic due to the dwindling of business and…

Malawi continues to register low levels of COVID-19 cases

September 30, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira From the 62 COVID-19 tests that were conducted in the past 24 hours of Tuesday, the country registered two new cases, two new recoveries and no new deaths. Cumulatively, Malawi has recorded 5,772 cases including 179 deaths and of these cases, 4,245 cases have now recovered bringing the total number of active cases to 1,348. In his situation report, co-chairperson of presidential taskforce on COVID-19, Dr. John Phuka, continues to reiterate that even though the pandemic has…

NICO Holdings reaches out to DAPP’s Under-5 nutritional project in Machinga communities

September 27, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira NICO Life and NICO Pension jointly donated K2 million to assist Development Aid for People to People (DAPP) Malawi in support of the organisation’s COVID-19 activities in Machinga communities where it is carrying out a nutrition programme for Under-5 children. Receiving the donation, DAPP Malawi’s head of programmes Moses Chibwana said they intend to sensitise parents of the children in the communities they are working to continue adhering to the COVID-19 preventive measures. He said it…

From Thursday’s 317 COVID-19 tests, only one new case registered and no death recorded

September 24, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira So far so good — Malawi continues to register low occurrence of the COVID-19 as of Thursday evening, just one new case was recorded from the 317 COVID-19 tests were conducted with no new related death while there were 23 new recoveries This month alone, there had been just four COVID-19 related deaths bringing the total of deaths to 179. Thursday’s situation report from co-chairperson of presidential taskforce on COVID-19, Dr. John Phuka says the lone…