Category: National

* Frontline staff are working tirelessly to save lives and stop the COVID-19 spread * It is illegal to threaten healthcare worker or any one in Malawi as according to law * Law enforcement agencies to follow up on threats and bring to book all the people spreading threats and misinformation * The denial being portrayed by some sections of the society will only make the situation worse * “We may save a lot of lives if we work in…

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Mponda (2nd left) receives the donation from MYU on behalf of Queens * As of Monday, Queens had 86 admissions * This is from the total of 323 active cases admitted in over 20 hospitals * Lilongwe having the highest at 128, Zomba 20 and 15 in Mzimba North. * Monday had 592 new COVID-19 cases, 81 new recoveries and 10 new deaths * Bringing total active cases at 12,479; recoveries at 6,780 and 518 deaths. * Case fatality…

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* Named Covid Response Foundation * A non-profit making and wholly voluntary foundation * Incorporated under the Companies Act of Malawi * To focus its attention for a start on the Queens By Duncan Mlanjira Former Mayor of the City of Blantyre, Noel Chalamanda — together with three corporate executives — Allan Hans Muhome; Eric Chapola and Donbell Mandala, are leading a newly-formed Coronavirus response fundraising initiative — named Covid Response Foundation. An introduction on its website, www.crfmw.org, says…

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* 950 new cases are local transmissions with Blantyre highest at 246 * 15 of the new deaths are from from Lilongwe, Blantyre 10 * 238 cases are currently admitted, with Blantyre as highest at 76, Lilongwe 53 By Duncan Mlanjira The number of COVID-19 recover cases keeps on rising despite the exponential increase of new cases and new related deaths being registered every single day. In the past 24 hours, there were 179 new recoveries of which 44…

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Presidential task force’s co-chairperson Dr. John Phuka * Ministry of Health increases COVID-19 testing sites across the country By Duncan Mlanjira The presidential task force on COVID-19 sends out an alert to the general public that they have received reports that some private hospitals and pharmacies are providing/selling rapid antibody tests for COVID-19 as a way of diagnosing COVID-19 disease. In today’s update, the task force’s co-chairperson Dr. John Phuka said the Ministry of Health has thus warned suppliers and…

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* Blantyre couple joins COVID-19 private citizens intervention with a difference * First meals served at Queens on Friday * The smiles I have seen  during deliveries have absolutely been a key driver of this initiative * Kenani and Wa Pulimuheya are taking the lead of raising funds towards procurement of essential medical supplies for all hospitals By Duncan Mlanjira While the main focus on helping in the fight against the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic is on pooling…

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TNM tick themselves off with a donation to Society of Medical Doctors By Duncan Mlanjira The combined cash spent and cash-in-hand is at K75,620,115 for the COVID-19 Response Private Citizens which one of Malawi’s well-known social issues commentator, Onjezani Kenani initiated eight days ago. Kenani reports that the cash in hand is K31.7 million the money spent is K33,878,859 to procure 40 cylinders; 40 flowmeters as well as oxygen in those 40 cylinders (K17,378,859.20) while K16,500,000 was used to…

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