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35 new COVID-19 related deaths, 546 new cases, 296 new recoveries in past 24 hours

February 5, 2021

* 59 cases were admitted, 26 were discharged from various treatment centers * Currently, a total of 260 active cases are admitted: 78 in Lilongwe, 76 in Blantyre as highest * The positive cases out of the total translates to a positivity rate of 20.1%. * “In other unfortunate circumstances, some patients are brought in dead to treatment units * “Chances of one recovering from COVID-19 increases when the disease is identified as early as possible” * “Hence the need…

Death has robbed Malawi media of a knowledgeable and experienced adviser and father in Felix Mponda— MISA Malawi

February 5, 2021

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Late Felix Mponda By Duncan Mlanjira Death has been announced of veteran journalist, Felix Mponda on Friday morning at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre with Media Institute of Sourthen Africa (MISA) Malawi Chapter morning that the country has been robbed of a knowledgeable and experienced adviser and father. “His passion for the media will remain in our hearts,” writes Misa Malawi in its condolence message. Until recently, Mponda — who practised journalism for about 42 years, having started…

Citizen demands over K1.5m Roads Authority as compensation for damaged tyre and rim after hitting pothole

February 5, 2021

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The state of most roads in Malawi Maravi Express Citizen Alfred Nhlema is suing Malawi Roads Authority and demanding over K1.5 million as compensation towards cost of fixing his car’s tyre and rim that was damaged when he hit a pothole along the Blantyre to Lilongwe M1 Road. Through his lawyer Noel Chalamanda of Knight & Knight, Nhlema claims that he was driving from Blantyre to Lilongwe on January 26, 2021 on his motor vehicle number BY4949 Ford Everest…

Need to adopt digital solutions to improve education

February 4, 2021

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* “We already knew that kids learned computer technology more easily than adults, it is as if children were waiting all these centuries for someone to invent their native language.” – Jaron Lanier By Stephen Mmodzi & Chimpele Kelvin Tsamwa In March 2020, the Government of Malawi announced the closure of all educational facilities to curb the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). This forced millions of primary and secondary school children plus college students out of the classroom but…

Illovo Sugar Malawi presents 21 hospital beds, 3 patient monitors and 10 nebulisers for Queens Hospital COVID-19 treatment units

February 3, 2021

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Katandula (right) presenting the donation * A fulfillment of the pledge it made last week to assist various COVID-19 treatment units * It injected K100 million of which K20 million has gone to Queens * The other for Nkhotakota and Chikwawa-Kasinthula isolation centres By Duncan Mlanjira As Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital continues to grapple with increasing numbers of COVID-19 patients on a daily basis — coupled with efforts to increase treatment units — Illovo Sugar Plc Malawi has donated…

DStv launches first original Pan-African lifestyle channel HONEY

February 3, 2021

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* To feature authentic African stories such as lifestyle, food, cooking, relationships and weddings * To include shows such as Pastors’ Wives, Love swap, Making the menu Maravi Express From February 15, DStv will start beaming pioneer Pan-African lifestyle channel, HONEY across the continent, on DStv Channel 173. A statement from DStv says HONEY is a lifestyle channel for curious and connected Africans, that offers an exciting blend of African lifestyle content, including bold and unscripted shows by African…

Malawi’s Tabitha Chawinga named in African Women’s Team Of The Decade

February 2, 2021

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By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi’s women’s national team captain Tabitha Chawinga — who was nominated twice for the prestigious Confederation of African Football (CAF) Player of the Year award in 2018 and 2019 — has been named in the African Women’s Team Of The Decade. Joining Chawinga is Nigerian Asisat Oshoala, who was nominated alongside her for the 2019 CAF Player of the Year award. Named by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS), Chawinga is upfront together…

FIFA, WHO #ACTogether to tackle COVID-19 during FIFA Club World Cup 2020

February 1, 2021

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Gianni Infantino World Health Organisation World football governing body, FIFA is teaming up with the World Health Organization (WHO) to promote the need for fair access to COVID-19 vaccines, treatments and diagnostics, and to encourage people to keep practicing life-saving, everyday public health measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus and to protect health. In conjunction with the FIFA Club World Cup 2020, to be held in Qatar from February 4 to 11, 2021,…

Encouraging COVID-19 recoveries despite rising new cases and related deaths

February 1, 2021

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* 297 recoveries on Sunday, 503 on Saturday, 267 Friday, 289 Thursday * Cumulatively, 8,945 cases have now recovered * Of the active cases 230 are admitted with Blantyre as highest at 69 followed by Lilongwe at 52 * Positive cases out of the total translates to a positivity rate of 26.9% * Mass gatherings are acting as super spreaders of the disease By Duncan Mlanjira In the past two weeks, there have been encouraging rise of COVID-19 recoveries…

Airtel injects additional K100m as corporate response towards fight against COVID-19 pandemic

February 1, 2021

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By Duncan Mlanjira Airtel Malawi Plc has injected an additional K100 million to mitigate the challenges in the fight against the current second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic the country is facing. This additional K100 million supplements an earlier donation of K104 million that the mobile phone service provider made in June last year, which was donated to the presidential task force on COVID-19 that was used to purchase ventilators and oxygen concentrators. Combined with last year’s support, Airtel’s…