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Rotary Club of Lilongwe donates mattresses to Mitundu Community Hospital

September 30, 2020

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…

Serious warning on COVID-19; Risk of second wave imminent if local transmissions keep recurring

September 21, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira COVID-19 situation report from presidential taskforce, observes that local transmission is still taking place as from the 13 new cases registered from the 532 tests done as of Sunday evening, all are locally transmitted infections. And six of them have been reported from districts that had stayed some days without reporting new cases — three from Chiradzulu, two from Zomba and one from Machinga. The others are five are from Lilongwe and two from Blantyre. There…

Government sets up centres to obtain COVID-19 test certificates for those planning on foreign travel

September 19, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Following the re-opening of Kamuzu International Airport on 1st September and the commencement of commercial flights, government has set up designated test centres for those planning to travel outside the country to get tested and obtain a test certificate. As preventive measures are still in force even though the numbers of new cases and their related deaths are positively declining, Malawi has adopted what other countries are doing, that returning residents and foreigners flying into the…

People flying into Malawi required to produce COVID-19 negative certificates

September 18, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Returning residents and foreigners flying into Malawi will be required to produce a COVID-19 PCR negative certificate of not more than 10 days old from a designated testing laboratory of the country they are coming from and should be fully signed by approved signatories. A statement from Secretary of Health in the Ministry of Health (MoH), Dr. Charles Mwansambo, said if a traveller arrives at the point of entry in Malawi without a valid certificate, they…

Pathologist Tamiwe Tomoka adds credence to Termination of Pregnancy Bill

September 18, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Having read the Termination of Pregnancy (TOP) Bill and having listened to arguments and comments from the general public with various and different backgrounds, pathologist and senior lecturer at College of Medicine, Dr. Tamiwe Tomoka has come up with an analysis of this Bill. She feels that arguments and comments, many people seem not to have read the bill as most people are worried that if the Bill passes, it’s like publicizing abortion and that some…