COVID-19 changes Ntcheu’s Makwangwala community’s burial ceremony practices

By Maston Kaiya, MANA Ntcheu’s Group Village Headman Makwangwala says the advent of COVID-19 has changed some of the burial ceremony practices in the district’s Traditional Authority Makwangwala’s communities. The local leader said cultural practices are usually hard to change, but the pandemic has forced communities to do things differently. “Not long ago, we would wait for as many people as possible to come to for funeral virgil before going for burial,” said he Group Village Head Makwangwala during…

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COVID-19: Dr. Phuka urges those recovered to take extra preventive measures as new cases rise to 120 with 4 new deaths

  By Duncan Mlanjira Co-chairperson of Presidential Taskforce Force on COVID-19, Dr. John Phuka  said it is encouraging that a lot more people are recovering from the disease but strongly reminded those that have recovered to continue following all preventive measures to avoid getting re-infected. As of Wednesday, July 28, Malawi registered 120 new four COVID-19 cases with four related deaths and 32 recoveries, bringing the total number of active cases to 1,991 and deaths at 107. Cumulatively, the…

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CADECOM donates PPEs to Lilongwe DHO

  By Chimwemwe Njoloma, MANA Catholic Development Commission in Malawi (CADECOM) on Tuesday donated personal protective equipment (PPEs) and other sanitary materials to Lilongwe District Health Office (DHO) to help in the fight against COVID-19. Lilongwe DHO has for months been calling upon stakeholders and well wishers to assist with PPEs so that frontline COVID-19 health care workers are protected when attending to patients. Making the donation, CADECOM’s secretary, Emmanuel Khruza said the world has been attacked with Coronavirus…

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Community health structures to be strengthened for quality service delivery

By Tione Andsen, MANA Government has said community health structures need to be strengthened in order to improve its quality of service delivery amid COVID-19 pandemic.   Deputy director for community health in Ministry of Health, Doreen Ali said this Tuesday during the launch of strengthening of community health structures in response to COVID-19 by World Vision Malawi at Kambola Village in the area of Traditional Authority (TA) Vuso Jere in Ntchisi. She said the Ministry Community Health Strategy…

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COVID-19: Health care workers continue to be affected; Tuesday registers three of them

  By Duncan Mlanjira As Malawi continues to register more COVID-19 cases, frontline health care workers in the fight against the pandemic continue to be vulnerable as from Tuesday’s update of 29 new locally transmitted infections, there are three of them. The three are one each from Karonga, Lilongwe and Nkhata Bay. Saturday’s update had four frontline health care workers, Sunday had five while Monday they were five. Tuesday’s update registered no deaths but on Monday four people succumbed…

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Breakthrough in COVID-19 fight; Healthcare professionals welcome UK company develops protein-based treatment

  By Dr Ahmed Mohiuddin Siddiqui A United Kingdom (UK) based biotech company, Synairgen has declared positive “breakthrough” results from a clinical trial of a protein-based treatment for COVID-19, which ‘greatly’ reduced patients requiring intensive care. Synairgen said its SNG001 formulation uses a protein called interferon beta, which the body produces when it gets a viral infection. It is inhaled directly into the lungs of patients with coronavirus, using a nebuliser, which will stimulate an immune response. According to…

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Commencement of COVID-19 testing at Songwe border

By Andrew Mkonda, MANA Government has directed health officials in Karonga District to start testing anyone suspected of having symptoms of COVID-19 at Songwe Border from next week. Minister of Health, Khumbize Chiponda made the directive during her tour to appreciate the efforts made at the Songwe border in containing the spread of COVID-19. She noted that screening at the border was not enough, saying many COVID-19 cases that the country was registering are imported from other countries that…

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COVID-19 cases keep rising; Five new deaths registered as of Sunday

By Duncan Mlanjira As Malawi continues continues to register more COVID-19 cases, five people are reported to have succumbed to the pandemic as of Sunday, July 26 after recording 107 new cases. The total number of deaths since April is now at 99 with just the past week alone registering 22. As of Tuesday last week, there were 104 new cases with seven deaths, on Thursday there were 84 new with three deaths, Saturday there were 103 new with…

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Round Table Malawi reponds to KCH’s SOS on PPEs

By Duncan Mlanjira Following an urgent SOS call by Kamuzu Central Hospital (KCH) made in national newspapers pleading for further assistance for personal protective equipment (PPEs), charitable organization Round Table Malawi has donated some worth MK1.92 million (approx. US$2,500). A situation report presented on Saturday by co-chairperson of Presidential Taskforce Force on COVID-19, Dr. John Phuka indicates that front line COVID-19 healthcare workers continue to be vulnerable as from the locally transmitted infections, four are the frontline workers (two…

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New Medical Association of Malawi president calls on the public to strictly adhere to COVID-19 preventive measures

By Duncan Mlanjira New-elected Medical Association of Malawi (MAM) president, Dr. Grace Chiudzu has added voice by urging the public to strictly adhere to COVID-19 preventative measures as the country continues to register new cases and deaths. A situation report presented by co-chairperson of Presidential Taskforce Force on COVID-19, Dr. John Phuka says as of Saturday, July 25, the country registered seven new deaths after recording eight the previous day. All the seven deaths were recorded in Blantyre. The…

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