Category: Health

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…

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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…

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By Duncan Mlanjira Muslim Youth United, a philanthropy arm of Muslims in Malawi, donated starter packs to over 50 mothers of newly-born babies they found on Wednesday at the nursery ward of Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre. MYU, which adopted Queens’ neurosurgical and orthopaedic wards under the name ‘We Care’, said they decided to donate the starter packs to the mothers of the newly-born babies at the Gogo Chatinkha Maternity wing’s nursery ward as an advocacy to women…

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By Duncan Mlanjira In Saturday’s situation report from presidential taskforce on COVID-19, co-chairperson Dr. John Phuka says he has observed that some people are relaxing in practising preventive measures due to low numbers of confirmed new cases and deaths being reported on daily basis. As of Saturday evening, Malawi registered no new COVID-19 related deaths, nine new cases and four new recoveries. The new cases are locally transmitted infections of which four are from Blantyre, two from Mzimba North,…

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By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi has registered one new death, bringing the total to two 11 days into the month of September and an accumulative total of 177 deaths since the first recorded case in April. Friday’s situation report from co-chairperson of the presidential taskforce on COVID-19, Dr. John Phuka says from the 386 that tests were conducted in the past 24 hours, there were 14 new cases, 37 of which are new recoveries. Of the new cases, 10 are…

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By Duncan Mlanjira Following the downward trend in the number of new COVID-19 cases and deaths and the increase in the number of recovered cases, there is need for early reporting to health authorities when one has COVID-19 symptoms. Co-chairperson of the Presidential COVID-19 task force, Dr. John Phuka’s — in his Thursday situation report, says of the 83 tests that have been done in the past 24 hours, the country registered two new COVID-19 cases, 59 new recoveries and no new deaths.  The…

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