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World Vision Malawi donates Coronavirus supplies to Ministry of Health

March 27, 2020

By Tione Andsen, MANA World Vision Malawi on Thursday donated medical supplies and equipment worth K80 million to Ministry of Health in a drive to contain the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The donated items included 50,000 gloves, 3,000 face masks, 1,000 gowns, 12 tonnes of powdered soap, 90×20 kgs of chlorine, 8 tonnes of assorted bar soap and 100 buckets of water. Presenting the items in Lilongwe, Programmes Manager, Charles Chimombo said the donation would…

Speaker of Parliament reports to Constitutional Court on Mutharika’s refusal to approve electoral law amendments

March 27, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Speaker of Parliament, Catherine Gotani Hara has responded to the request from the Constitutional Court to report on President Peter Mutharika’s refusal to approve the electoral law amendments which the august House passed in February. The Parliamentary Appointment Committee was also mandated to investigate on the capacity and competence of Malawi Electoral Commissioners and it recommended that they be removed in order not to conduct the fresh elections, but Mutharika also refused to approve the…

FAM president Nyamilandu fulfills ‘Raise The Bar’ manifesto

March 27, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira In his re-election campaign manifesto for the Football Association of Malawi (FAM) presidency, dubbed ‘Raising the Bar’, Walter Nyamilandu pledged to fulfill 15 key strategic promises and as soon as he was elected December 14, 2019, he went down to business. Within three months Nyamilandu has managed to roll out a number of programmes he promised that included sponsoring Districts Football Leagues, which has been unveiled on Thursday at the Mpira Village on an investment…

National Muslim Prison Board donates sanitary products to prisons nationwide

March 27, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira In response to calls for all stakeholders to assist in precautionary measures against the spread of Coronavirus, Malawi’s National Muslim Prison Board has donated sanitary products to all prisons nationwide, including regional management offices as well as the Head Office in Zomba. The nationwide ‘Protect Through Sanition Project’ initiative towards mitigating the impact of the dreaded COVID-19 virus, will at the end of the day have distributed 110 washing stations which include a 30lt bucket with…

Blantyre City Mayor Ndipo urges all businesses to provide hand washing utensils for customers

March 26, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira Blantyre City Mayor Councillor Wild Ndipo has urged all public service providers to put in place deliberate measures to prevent the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19 that includes making a provision of hand washing utensils for use by their customers. In a statement, Ndipo said so far Blantyre City Council has placed water buckets mixed with chlorine in all strategic points in all the 34 markets within the City with the belief that all markets users…

Co-creator of cartoon series Asterix dies, aged 92

March 26, 2020

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By Aurelien Breeden, The New York Times Albert Uderzo, a co-creator of Asterix, one of France’s most revered and longest-running comic book series, died on Tuesday at his home in Neuilly-sur-Seine, a suburb of Paris. He was 92. His death was confirmed by Dargaud, the former publisher of the Asterix comic books. Bernard de Choisy, Uderzo’s son-in-law, told the Agence France-Press that the cause was a heart attack. Uderzo and the writer René Goscinny created Asterix in 1959,…

Prince Charles in good health after testing positive of Coronavirus

March 26, 2020

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The BBC Prince Charles, 71, is displaying mild symptoms “but otherwise remains in good health” after testing positive for Coronavirus, Clarence House spokesman has announced. The spokesman adding the Duchess of Cornwall, 72 — the Prince of Wales’ wife has been tested as well but does not have the virus. Charles and Camilla are now self-isolating at Balmoral. Buckingham Palace said the Queen last saw her son, the heir to the throne, on March 12, but was “in…

Study shows Coronavirus can survive in air — WHO

March 26, 2020

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By CNBC.com The World Health Organization (WHO) is considering “airborne precautions” for medical staff after a new study showed the Coronavirus can survive in the air in some settings. The virus is transmitted through droplets, or little bits of liquid, mostly through sneezing or coughing, Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, head of WHO’s emerging diseases and zoonosis unit, told reporters during a virtual news conference. “When you do an aerosol-generating procedure like in a medical care facility, you have the possibility to…

APAM calls for protection of persons with albinism ahead of fresh election

March 25, 2020

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By Ireen Kayira, MANA Association of Persons with Albinism in Malawi (APAM) has said attacks on persons with albinism are rampant when the country is heading towards elections as evidenced by last year’s polls and as such there was need to strengthen their protection and security APAM President, Ian Simbota said this in Mzimba on Sunday when the association conducted awareness campaign at Jenda Trading Centre in the district to the business community and churches. The association also paid…

100km water pipeline Khato Civils is building for Gaborone excites Tswanas

March 25, 2020

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By Duncan Mlanjira The 100km water pipeline, which is being built by South Africa-based Khato Civils (Pty) Limited — owned by Malawian Simbi Phiri, has been described as key to unlocking the much needed water flow not only to Botswana’s Capital City Gaborone but to all villages and towns in the five constituencies that it will cut through. This was supposed to be the same for the aborted Salima/Lilongwe Lake Malawi Water Supply Project pipeline that Khato Civils was…