Month: February 2021 Posts

Students to hold demos over school closure

Feb 08, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

A grouping of concerned students will hold demonstrations on Wednesday against the continued closure of schools in the country. The students under their grouping called 'Concerned Students in Malawi' will deliver a petition to the… ...

Final year nursing students allowed to continue studying

Feb 08, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Nursing and midwifery training colleges have been allowed to continue classes for final year students during the two-week closure of schools. The Ministry of Health Students has granted a waiver to training colleges to continue… ...

1,106 returnees arrive from South Africa

Feb 08, 2021 Archangel Nzangaya 1 &

A total of 18 buses carrying Malawian returnees arrived in the country through the Mwanza border formation yesterday. Confirming the development to Malawi24 was Mwanza border public relations officer Inspector Pasqually Zulu who said in… ...

Chakwera demands reports on K6.2 billion Covid funds

Feb 08, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera has demanded reports from Covid-19 cluster committees and government departments on the K6.2 billion Covid funds and has warned controlling officers that they will be fired if the reports are not submitted.… ...

Malawi getting Covid-19 vaccine which is less effective against SA variant

Feb 08, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Oxford/AstraZeneca, the Covid-19 vaccine which Malawi is getting, offers limited protection against the Covid-19 variant which was first detected in South Africa and has also been found in Malawi. South Africa has since suspended rollout… ...

Coronavirus: 320 new cases, 248 new recoveries recorded

Feb 07, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi has registered 320 new COVID-19 cases, 248 new recoveries and 19 new deaths in the past 24 hours. Of the new cases 317 are locally transmitted: 206 from Blantyre, 65 from Lilongwe, six each… ...

HRDC demands accountability on K6.2 billion Covid funds

Feb 07, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has demanded Tonse Alliance Government to provide the nation with a detailed expenditure report for the K6.2 billion COVID-19 funds. In a statement on Saturday, HRDC Chairperson Gift Trapence said… ...