Health Posts

Mental hospital health workers protest against lack of security

Mar 08, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Synd Kalimbuka Health workers at Zomba Mental Hospital have closed the main entrance to the facility, saying they are being harassed by patients due to lack of security at the institution. According to the… ...

Bus carrying Malawian returnees detained at Mwanza

Mar 08, 2021 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

In an effort to minimise the importation and spread of Coronavirus into the country, immigration authorities at Mwanza border have detained a bus belonging Delta Coaches and have arrested its host for violating Covid-19 guidelines.… ...

Malawi receives Covid-19 vaccine

Mar 05, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Malawi has today received 360,000 doses of AstraZeneca Vaccine which have been donated under the COVAX facility. The plane carrying the vaccine arrived at Kamuzu International Airport this afternoon and was welcomed by Government officials… ...

Rural hospitals running short of drugs: Patients told to buy

Mar 02, 2021 Thula Chisamba 0 &

Rural hospitals in the country are running short of essential medical supplies and patients are being told to be buying prescribed drugs from pharmacies. Spot check findings in rural hospitals like Chitheka in Nkhatabay and… ...

Chakwera wants teachers to call off strike

Mar 01, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera has urged teachers to understand the direction given by scientists that the teachers are not among workers that are at high risk to Covid-19. Presidential Press Secretary Brian Banda made the remarks… ...

Teacher succumbs to Covid-19 in Mzimba

Mar 01, 2021 Thula Chisamba 0 &

A teacher has died of Coronavirus in Mzimba. The teacher, Florence Kamanga, who was teaching at Chikwawa primary school in the district was diagnosed of the virus prior to the closure of schools in January,… ...

Don’t stop practising Covid preventive measures – Health Minister

Feb 28, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda says the decline in Coronavirus positivity rate and confirmed cases should not lead to relaxation of prevention measures. Kandodo who is also co-chairperson of the presidential taskforce on Coronavirus… ...

Bushiris allowed to leave Malawi on medical grounds

Feb 27, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi government has allowed Prophet Shepherd Bushiri to send his first born child, Israella Bushiri, to Kenya for a bone-marrow transplant. The innocent child, 8 years old, was barred at the Kamuzu International Airport from… ...

Malawi Speaker tests positive for Coronavirus

Feb 25, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Speaker of Parliament Catherine Gotani Hara has tested positive for Coronavirus. Leader of the House, Richard Chimwendo Banda, says Hara is currently not showing any symptoms of the disease and her condition is stable. He… ...

Luanar student commits suicide in Mponela

Feb 23, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Topson Banda. A 23-year-old Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (Luanar) student hanged himself at his parents’ house in Dowa yesterday. Mponela police Deputy spokesperson, Macpatson Msadala, has identified the deceased as Wongani… ...

Utility debts cripple operations at Chikwawa District Hospital

Feb 22, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Utility debts amounting to over K60 Million have crippled operations at Chikwawa District Hospital which was built around 1940s and serves 600 thousand people. The District’s Director of Health and Social Services (DHSS) Dr Stalin… ...

‘We will do rallies again’: Chakwera hopeful Malawi will win Covid-19 fight

Feb 22, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera has expressed hope that Malawi will win the fight against Covid-19. Speaking during a press briefing yesterday, Chakwera said the countrywide efforts in fighting the pandemic are bearing results. He noted that… ...

1539 Malawian returnees coming today

Feb 20, 2021 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Twenty-two buses carrying Malawian returnees are expected to arrive in the country through Mwanza Border today, Saturday, February 20th, 2021. This is according to Mwanza border public relations officer Inspector Pasqually Zulu who said 1539… ...

Teacher succumbs to Covid-19 in Kasungu

Feb 20, 2021 Thula Chisamba 0 &

Sombre mood engulfed education zone in Kasungu on Friday where a teacher has succumbed to Covid-19. The deceased identified as Alfred Kanyenda was a headteacher at Chitalala school in Mziza zone. According to a letter… ...

‘Covid-19 Presidential Taskforce blew K50m in allowances’

Feb 20, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi presidential taskforce on the Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) is alleged to have blown more than K50 million in allowances and fuel refunds. Each committee member is said to have pocketed about K60 thousand in allowances… ...