Month: April 2020 Posts

NGO says streets kids in Malawi at risk of contracting coronavirus

Apr 20, 2020 Elijah Phompho - MEC Stringer 0 &

Step Kids Awareness (STEKA), a child care institution, has expressed fear that children particularly street kids in the country are at a high risk of contracting coronavirus should cases escalate hence the need for government… ...

Boma liyamba kuthandiza ovutikitsitsa m’mizinda

Apr 20, 2020 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Ngati njira imodzi yochepetsera chiopsezo chanjala yadzaoneni makamaka kaamba kanthenda ya COVID-19, boma la Malawi lalengeza kuti liyamba kupereka thandizo kwa mabanja ovutikitsitsa m'mizinda yose yadziko lino. Izi ndimalingana ndichikalata chomwe boma latulutsa lamulungu pa… ...

Social distancing fails on lorries going to remote areas

Apr 20, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

On public transport for some hard-to-reach areas, social distancing is failing as operators are defying capacity rules and police are not visible on the routes. The Malawi News Agency reported that Manyamula, Eswazini and Edingeni… ...

Zomba registers one Covid-19 case after Ministry corrects error

Apr 20, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Zomba has recorded a Covid-19 case which was erroneously added to Blantyre's tally. According to a report from the Ministry of Health for April 18, a case from Zomba was misclassified as from Blantyre. Following… ...

Queens paralysed by health workers’ strike

Apr 19, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A sit-in by health workers at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) has led to the closure of life saving wards at the facility. Departments and wards such as labor, gynecologic, ante-natal, post-natal, Intensive Care Unit… ...

Chiradzulu residents happy lockdown was blocked

Apr 19, 2020 Cosmas Kagulo 0 &

People in Chiradzulu have said they are happy with the injunction against the Covid-19 lockdown which was obtained by the Human Rights Defenders Coalition. The government instituted a lockdown which was scheduled to start on… ...

Govt committed to investing in Greenbelt Initiative – Mchacha

Apr 19, 2020 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The Malawi Government through the Ministry of Irrigation and Water Development says it is committed to investing in Greenbelt Initiative as one way of transforming the country's economy. This is according to Minister responsible Charles… ...