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Malawi Red Cross takes Covid-19 messages to communities through cinema

July 13, 2020

By Grace Kapatuka, MANA Malawi Red Cross Society (MRCS) on Saturday disseminated COVID-19 messages through cinema to communities in Salima as cases continue to rise in the country. Speaking after the sessions which took place in some of the markets in the district, the Society’s health projects coordinator, Leonard Maganga said the the initiative was one of the interventions it has embarked on so as to keep the nation aware of the disease. “We have embarked into a number…

Kameza COVID-19 front line health care workers urged to continue enduring

July 9, 2020

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By Loness Gwazanga, MANA Frontline health care workers at Kameza COVID-19 isolation centre in Blantyre say they will continue with their stay-away despite District Commissioner, Bennet Nkasala calling on them to end it and continue providing services while their grievances on unpaid allowances are being looked into. On Tuesday, Nkasala addressed the frontline workers who have been shunning work for weeks now, demanding their K50 million allowances accumulated from March this year when the government declared COVID-19 a disaster. The…

Malawi child guardians censures private schools on plan to reopening schools

July 7, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi child guardians, under Children Owners Association of Malawi (COAM), has asked Independent Schools Association of Malawi (ISAMA) from allowing school administrators to reopen schools on July 13 as earlier suggested, saying life cannot wait but education can. ISAMA wrote a letter on July 4 advising all private schools to open schools that were closed over four months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Last month, the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 suggested a tentative date…

Malawi registers two new COVID-19 deaths from 129 new cases registered

July 6, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira As of Sunday, Malawi has registered two new deaths COVID-19 cases from the 129 new cases registered. A statement from Co-chairperson of Presidential Taskforce Force on COVID-19, Dr. John Phuka says the new deaths are both females, one each from Lilongwe and Blantyre that occurred on July 2. “Let me convey my deepest condolences to the bereaved families,” Dr. Phuka said. “May their souls rest in peace. no new recoveries, and two new deaths.” He disclosed…

South Africa still topping on COVID-19 cases

July 6, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira As of Sunday, July 5, South Africa — the main importer of Malawi’s COVID-19 cases — has the most recorded cases at 187,977 as the total confirmed cases on the continent 483,102. On Saturday, President Lazarus Chakwera announced that Malawi COVID-19 cases was 1,498 but by the end of that day number stood at 1,613 representing a rise of over seven percent. This prompted the President to cancel this year’s Independence Day Celebrations that were scheduled…

Airtel Malawi donates K104m for purchase of COVID-19 ventilators

June 23, 2020

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Maravi Express Airtel Malawi Plc has joined the fight against COVID-19 by donating K104m to go towards the purchase of ventilators for hospitals. In a press statement on Monday, Airtel Malawi says it is working with the COVID-19 Presidential Taskforce and the Ministry of Health to make sure that frontline health care workers in the battle against COVID-19 continue their fight against the pandemic using the right equipment. “Ventilators are essential equipment for patients who need assistance with respiratory…

UK-based charity Cherish International applauds Malawi health workers in fight against COVID-19: Donates oxygen concentrators

June 19, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira UK-based charity, Cherish International UK has applauded Malawi health care workers in their total dedication in the fight against COVID-19 and thus decided to donate oxygen concentrators and face masks as its contribution to the fight. Cherish International UK was founded by Divya Ganatra, whose family has over the years been involved in philanthropy, especially towards underprivileged children. Speaking through convener, Abdul Mukadam at the presentation of the donation at Namiwawa in Blantyre, Divya said Cherish…

In the fight against COVID-19, Africa is the unsung  continent

June 19, 2020

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By Solomon Zewdu, allAfrica.com Two months ago, when the peak of the pandemic passed in China and moved to the United States and Western Europe, epidemiologists tried to predict where COVID-19 would hit next — and hit hardest. Many thought Africa would become the next high-risk area, but when COVID-19 eventually arrived on the continent, most of the dire predictions were way off. Today, the continent is the least impacted region in the world according to the World…

Over 3.4 million COVID-19 tests performed in Africa as total cases reach 133,344

June 17, 2020

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allAfrica.com Over 3.4 million COVID-19 tests have been performed in Africa since the outbreak of the pandemic and as of Wednesday, there were was a total of 259,110 from 55 countries with reported deaths at 7,017 and recoveries at 118,747. So far there are 133,344 active cases across the continent while South Africa has the most reported cases — 76,334, with deaths numbering 1,625. Other most-affected countries include Egypt (47,856 cases), Nigeria (17,148), Algeria (11,147), and Ghana (12,193). The…

Farmers Union equips communities on nutritious food preparation

June 17, 2020

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By Brian Wasili, MANA Farmers Union of Malawi (FUM) has stressed the need to equip area nutrition coordinating committees (ANCCs) with various skills on preparation of nutritious food so that community members should share the knowledge to adolescents in their communities. On the sidelines of a week-long training for ANCCs on Monday in Mwanza, District Council’s principal nutrition, HIV&AIDS officer, Kondwani Chabvula said capacity building of the local structures would induce the participants to streamline activities of Adolescent Nutrition…