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COVID-19: Malawian Asian Business Community rolls out partial lockdown; violators warned of K500,000 fine

April 12, 2020

By Duncan Mlanjira In response to the pressing and urgent need to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Asian Business Community (ABC) of Blantyre, Limbe and Zomba has rolled out a partial lockdown of 14 days that was effected from midnight of Thursday April 9 for a period of 14 days ending April 23. A statement from ABC COVID-19 Taskforce chairperson Faizal Aboo said the decision came about after extensive discussions and deliberations with business captains, saying…

COVID-19 travel restrictions force Ethiopian mothers to give birth at home

April 12, 2020

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Voice of America Coronavirus (COVID-19) travel restrictions in Ethiopia are forcing pregnant women to give birth at home, health workers say. Health workers keep receiving panicked phone calls from women going into labor, which has become an everyday occurrence ever since Ethiopia implemented strict travel bans last month to stop the spread of the Coronavirus. Kenasa Kumera, who manages the Marie Stopes International maternity center in Adama, roughly 100 kilometers from the capital, Addis Ababa, says he has received…

WHO warns COVID-19 accelerating in Africa

April 12, 2020

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By Lisa Schlein, Voice of America The World Health Organization (WHO) warns that Coronavirus (COVID-19) is spreading at an alarming rate in rural areas of Africa and says urgent help is needed to strengthen the continent’s fragile health system. WHO has confirmed more than 8,300 cases of COVID-19 in Africa, including nearly 400 deaths. That figure pales compared to the number of cases elsewhere. Latest global figures put the number of Coronavirus cases at more than 1.6 million, with…

COVID-19: Nurses suspend boycott from unsafe working environment

April 12, 2020

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Maravi Express National Organisation of Nurses and Midwives of Malawi (NONM) has advised its membership that after consultation with the Ministry of Health and Population, it has decided to suspend the boycott from unsafe working environment the body institute on April 7. A statement from NONM president, Shouts Galang’anda Simeza said the organisation has since received information and confirmations from various health facilities that personal protection equipment (PPEs) have been duly delivered and that some facilities will be…

COVID-19: Civil Society Education Coalition encourages parents to encourage school study momentum amongst learners

April 11, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira As schools are on forced holidays in observance of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) preventive measures specifically to limit social gatherings that the State President directed last month, Civil Society Education Coalition (CSEC) has been on an awareness campaign to impress on parents to encourage school study momentum amongst learners. The campaign, using mobile public address system, has been carried out in five districts — Mzuzu, Mzimba, Dowa, Mangochi and has just been concluded in Blantyre this…

African community targeted in China virus crackdown

April 11, 2020

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24matins.uk Africans in southern China’s largest city say they have become targets of suspicion and subjected to forced evictions, arbitrary quarantines and mass coronavirus testing as the country steps up its fight against imported infections. China says it has largely curbed its COVID-19 outbreak but a recent cluster of cases linked to the Nigerian community in Guangzhou sparked the alleged discrimination by locals and virus prevention officials. Local authorities in the industrial centre of 15 million said at least…

A Forex Bureau teller at the centre of exposing wrong person as one of COVID-19 Blantyre case

April 10, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira A message and an accompanying voice note have gone viral on social media, whose source is from a Forex Bureau teller, that identifies a business lady in Lunzu as being one of the three that the Minister of Health & Population Jappie Mhango announced on Tuesday as being new confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19). But the business lady (name withheld) says this is just a matter of mistaken identity and that the message has put her…

Zomba City Council opts not to close bars and clubs

April 9, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira While Lilongwe City Council extended social gathering measures by issuing a temporary ban on all drinking joints with effective from Wednesday, April 8, Zomba City Council has opted not to close the bars and clubs but instead operators to strictly observe all relevant preventive measures within their premises. A communique from the City’s Mayor Benson Bulla and Chief Executive Officer Charles Thombozi, just urges the bar operators to observe the preventive measures one way of…

Prophet Bushiri to reach out to rural poor with COVID-19 intervention response

April 8, 2020

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Maravi Express South Africa-based Prophet Shepherd Bushiri, through his humanitarian arm Shepherd Bushiri Foundation (SBF), announced on Wednesday a COVID-19 intervention response worth K50 million in Malawi that targets distributing several preventive amenities among disadvantaged communities where essential public health services are not provided. A statement from the Foundation says this intervention for Malawi, his homeland, is just a continuation of what SBF is doing in other countries such as South Africa, USA and India in responding to COVID-19….

Lilongwe City Council extends social gathering bans on bottle stores, pubs, sports and night clubs

April 8, 2020

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Maravi Express With effective from Wednesday, April 8, Lilongwe City Council has extended social gathering measures by issuing a temporary ban on bottle stores pubs, night clubs and sports clubs including their services of gyms in observance of the Coronavirus (COVID-9) pandemic. The other suspensions include street processions, wedding receptions, bridal showers and send offs, birthday parties and any other social gatherings or public events. “The Council is making a strong appeal to all owners and operators of such…