Coronavirus Archives

Tobacco marketing season to open this month

Apr 07, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Tobacco Commission (TC) says the tobacco marketing season will open this month to ensure growers sell tobacco and are economically empowered for the good of their health. This follows President Peter Mutharika’s directive that… ...

Customers worry over sunlight: Ask for tents outside banks

Apr 07, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

Bank customers have expressed concern over exposure to direct sunlight whilst at queues outside banks, as banks are only allowing 10 people to be inside at a time to prevent spread of Covid-19. Customers said… ...

Malawi coronavirus committee denies receiving hefty allowances

Apr 06, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

The Special Cabinet Committee on Coronavirus has refuted reports that members of the committee receive K300,000 each in allowances. The cabinet ministers held a press conference in Lilongwe on Monday where they brushed off the… ...

TB Joshua blames coronavirus on error in technology

Apr 06, 2020 Gareth Watson 0 &

Nigerian Pastor T.B. Joshua has waded again into the controversies surrounding the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), blaming the extreme measures implemented by leaders worldwide to contain it as the reason behind the spread of… ...

Coronavirus cases in Malawi rise to five

Apr 06, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Minister of Health Jappie Mhango has announced that Malawi has registered a fifth case of the coronavirus. Mhango said the patient is a Blantyre-based female who returned from the United Kingdom on 28 March, 2020,… ...

Caught Pants Down: Government responds to Kenyatta Nyirenda

Apr 06, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Government has hit back at Judge Kenyatta Nyirenda who faulted President Peter Mutharika for making a declaration of a national disaster over the coronavirus without citing the law under which the declaration was being made.… ...

Bushiri wants your offering: Says Prophets are not in hiding

Apr 06, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Prophet Shepherd Bushiri has requested people to deposit offerings directly into his Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church bank account following the suspension of his church services because of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The flamboyant televangelist… ...