Category: National

*As produced by the Government of Malawi through the Ministry of Health in August 2020 Acknowledgement The Ministry of Health has developed this guide on Home-Based management of persons with asymptomatic and mild Covid-19 symptoms as part of Malawi’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic at community level. This guide provides the policy direction towards COVID-19 prevention and control with support from different stakeholders and structures at community level. Therefore, the Government through Ministry of Health is committed to implement…

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First Deputy Speaker Kazombo * Let’s open more centres for testing everywhere including remote health centres * Let’s have mobile vans deployed in Trading Centres parked with testing kits * More health personnel should be deployed, more drugs be bought By Duncan Mlanjira First Deputy Speaker of Malawi Parliament, Madalitso Kazombo is suggesting that the government should consider closing borders and open more centres for testing everywhere including remote health centres in the wake of the nasty COVID-19 second…

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Chakwera met Madonna without wearing masks and did not observe social distance * During the festive season over the last few weeks, many of us relaxed our vigilance against the virus * Many of us are back to the old ways of not wearing masks * Now we are paying the price as COVID-19 pandemic is on the loose again By Duncan Mlanjira In his radio address to the nation on Sunday, President Lazarus Chakwera included himself as one to blame…

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* Brings total number of active cases to 2,067, up from 1,705 on Friday * 80 of the active cases currently admitted in nine hospitals * The highest ever recorded in the first wave was 192 on 11th July, 2020. * Since January 1, the recovered cases had been at just 106 By Duncan Mlanjira The number of new COVID-19 cases and the related deaths are spiraling at an alarming pace as in the past 24 hours, Malawi has…

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* Record-high 314 new cases * Blantyre alone registers 121 * Just 13 new recoveries * 67 cases currently admitted in 8 hospitals * 308 of the new cases are local transmissions * It’s not over, until it’s over * Wear your mask, wash your hands, observe physical distance * Protect yourself, protect those around us By Duncan Mlanjira The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is hitting the country hard as from 1,257 tests done in the past 24…

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* COVID-19 affects blood recruitment drive * Situation worsens blood supply in the country’s hospitals * Ministry of Health to permanently recruit health workers on internship * A number of health workers have tested COVID-19 positive and are on isolation By Patricia Kapulula & Daniel Namwini, MANA Malawi Blood Transfusion Service (MBTS) blood banks have declined thereby worsening blood supply in the country’s hospitals across the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This has prompted Malawi Red Cross Society…

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* Government for strict enforcement of COVID-19 preventive measures * Enforcement of wearing of face masks in public * Use of hand washing facilities with soap at all times in public service institutions * Councils should ensure regular collection of refuse * All markets should be fumigated on weekly basis By Duncan Mlanjira All bottle stores, pubs, bars and clubs shall be required to operate from 14:00hrs to 20:00hrs for take aways only as Government announces stricter enforcement of…

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