Coronavirus Archives

Covid-19: Four new cases imported from India

May 10, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Malawi on Sunday registered five new cases, four of which have been imported from India. According to the Ministry of Health, four people who recently arrived from India tested positive for Covid-19 and they are… ...

Chakwera’s rallies breach Covid-19 gathering limit

May 08, 2021 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Malawians have faulted President Lazarus Chakwera for holding rallies where thaousands gathered, breaching the 250-people gathering limit set by the Presidential Taskforce on Coronavirus. On his way to the Northern Region yesterday, the president addressed… ...

Coronavirus: 12 prisoners test positive, two new cases imported from India

May 05, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi has registered 20 new Covid-19 cases, including 12 cases at Chichiri Prison and two imported cases from India. According to the Ministry of Health, the 12 prisoners at Chichiri Prison tested positive during a… ...

Covid-19: Chakwera, Chimwendo Banda face backlash for ‘importing’ India variant to Malawi

May 05, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

There is an increasing backlash against President Lazarus Chakwera and Homeland Minister Richard Chimwendo Banda for allegedly importing the Indian variant of Covid-19 into the country. The Tonse administration is criticized for failing to carry… ...

Kampani yopanga shuga ku Salima yatsekedwa kaamba ka Covid-19

May 05, 2021 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Unduna wa zaumoyo mogwirizana ndi komiti ya mtsogoleri wadziko yotsogolera ntchito yolimbana ndi covid-19, yatseka kampani yopanga shuga m'boma la Salima potsatira imfa yaogwira ntchito mmodzi ochokera mdziko la India yemwe anapezeka ndi matendawa. Watsimikiza… ...

Coronavirus: 22 new cases recorded in Salima

May 04, 2021 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Malawi has registered 22 new locally transmitted Coronavirus cases and one new death from Salima. Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda has announced the new cases. In total Malawi, in the past 24 hours, has… ...

Malawi bans travelers from India, Pakistan

Apr 27, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Malawi has banned travelers from India and Pakistan to reduce threat of importation of new variants of the Coronavirus. Travelers from Brazil and Bangladesh are also barred from entering Malawi. Co-chairperson of the Presidential Taskforce… ...

UK leaves Malawi on red list: Malawians banned from getting into the UK

Apr 26, 2021 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) has banned travellers from Malawi due to Covid-19. The UK categorize Malawi among 40 countries from which entry to the UK is banned. The red… ...

NAPHAM urges people living with HIV/AIDS to get Covid-19 jab

Apr 11, 2021 Andrew Mwenelupembe 0 &

The National Association for People living with HIV and AIDS in Malawi (NAPHAM) has called upon people living with HIV/AIDS in the country to embrace Covid-19 vaccine saying the uptake of the vaccine will reduce… ...

Game, City Mall, Chichiri Shopping Mall to have Covid-19 vaccination centres this weekend

Apr 10, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Health authorities in Lilongwe and Blantyre have established additional Covid-19 vaccination centres which are open this weekend and the authorities have urged Malawians to go and get vaccinated. In Lilongwe, vaccination sites open this weekend… ...

Opinion: Fighting Covid-19 with ‘Toy Guns’

Mar 21, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Thumbiko Nyirongo In the recent past, Malawi buried some of great sons and daughters who succumbed to Coronavirus pandemic; May Their Souls Continue Resting in the Bossom of Our Dear Lord. The aim of… ...

Legislators to get Covid-19 vaccine next week

Mar 20, 2021 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

Deputy Minister of Health Chrissie Kalamula Kanyasho says Parliamentarians will receive the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine next week. Kanyasho said the ministry will make sure that all Members of Parliament receive their first jab before Parliament… ...