Covid-19 Archives

Ministry of Health ready to issue COVID vaccine certificates

Sep 08, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

The Ministry of Health says it has completed implementation of the COVID-19 vaccine certification process and the ministry is ready to issue certificates to fully vaccinated people. Secretary for Health Dr. Charles Mwansambo has said… ...

Police tells tollgate employees to wear masks at construction site

Sep 01, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Officer In-Charge for Dedza Police Station, Assistant Commissioner of Police Mwizamose Nyoni, has urged workers at Kalinyeke tollgate construction site to always wear masks at the site in order to prevent the spread of Coronavirus.… ...

Sunbird says employees must get vaccinated

Sep 01, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Sunbird Hotels and Resorts has told its employees that they must get vaccinated by September 18 in order to be allowed to access the workplace. The company’s Chief Human and Capital Development Officer Edward Chunga… ...

Nine fined for contravening Covid-19 regulations in Dowa.

Aug 31, 2021 Lameck Kamtoseni 0 &

The Dowa First Grade Magistrate's Court on Monday sentenced nine people to pay fines ranging from K20,000 to K60,000 for contravening Covid-19 rules and regulations. The court through state prosecutor Sergeant Joseph Banda heard that… ...

State House lies about Chakwera UNGA trip

Aug 31, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Details have emerged showing that Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera was forced to cancel his United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) trip because the US demanded "a mostly virtual gathering" due to Covid-19. The details suggest that… ...

Health minister given 7 days to explain ‘no vaccine, no work policy’

Aug 30, 2021 Archangel Nzangaya 1 &

The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has demanded Malawi's minister of health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda to explain the mandatory covid-19 testing and vaccination policy by various companies in the country. This is… ...

Covid deaths attributed to witchcraft in some villages; doctors call for increased awareness

Aug 29, 2021 Thula Chisamba 0 &

When Alfred Chawinga, a 60-year-old man in Rumphi, died of a respiratory complication which medical records show to be Coronavirus, his relatives sought the real cause of what they believed to have been an untimely… ...