Covid-19 Archives

MEC sets conditions for voting: No mask, no voting

Mar 20, 2021 Jordan Simeon-Phiri - MEC Stringer 0 &

The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has called on political party leaders in districts where the Commission will conduct by-elections on March 30 to urge the electorates to wear face masks when going to polling centres,… ...

12,000 people to receive AstraZeneca vaccine in Thyolo

Mar 20, 2021 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

Thyolo District Hospital on Friday launched the district’s Covid-19 vaccination exercise which is targeting 12,000 people in the first phase. Speaking after the launch at the hospital the Acting Director of Health and Social Services… ...

828 Malawians arriving today from SA

Mar 20, 2021 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Fourteen buses carrying 828 self-repatriated Malawian returnees and deportees, are scheduled to arrive in the country through the Mwanza border formation today. Confirming the development was Mwanza border public publicist Inspector Pasqually Zulu who said… ...

30 MCHS students barred from sitting for exams over fees

Mar 19, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Thirty Malawi College of Health Science (MCHS) students, some of whom lost parents to Covid-19 earlier this year, have been barred from sitting for end of semester exams over fees. The students have told Malawi24… ...

By-elections campaign could trigger third wave of Covid-19 – CHRR

Mar 19, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) has expressed concern that the ongoing political campaigns for the March 30 by-elections will lead to further spread of Covid-19 and even trigger a third wave of the… ...

Tay Grin joins Chakwera

Mar 18, 2021 Lyonike Mughogho 0 &

Musician and 2019 Young African Politician of the Year award winner Tay Grin has joined President Lazarus Chakwera. Grin has joined the president in a series of Covid-19 Public Service Announcements dubbed “the war on… ...

Magufuli was a symbol of Africa’s economic resurgence – Chakwera

Mar 18, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 1 &

President Lazarus Chakwera says Tanzanian leader John Pombe Magufuli was a symbol of Africa’s economic resurgence. In a statement this morning, Chakwera said he has learnt the news of Magufuli’s death with shock and sadness.… ...