Month: January 2021 Posts

Schools closed in Malawi over Coronavirus

Jan 17, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 1 &

President Lazarus Chakwera has ordered the closure of all schools in the country for three weeks as Coronavirus cases continue to rise in the country with over 5,000 cases recorded this month. Chakwera has announced… ...

Covid-19 vaccine to undergo approval process in Malawi

Jan 17, 2021 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Ministry of Health says Covid-19 vaccine will undergo normal approval process in Malawi to ensure safety to recipients. Secretary of Health Dr Charles Mwansambo said this in a statement dated January 15. There have been… ...

Coronavirus: Malawi’s death toll hits 300

Jan 17, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Three hundred people have died of Coronavirus in Malawi since the start of the pandemic. The number of Coronavirus deaths has increased over the past weeks with more than 100 deaths recorded since New Year’s… ...

Chakwera says Malawians must sacrifice individual freedoms

Jan 16, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera says people in the country must sacrifice individual freedoms in order to defeat the challenges being currently experienced. In his message on Friday to commemorate John Chilembwe Day, President Chakwera said Chilembwe… ...

Malawi to get Covid-19 vaccine before June

Jan 16, 2021 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

The Ministry of Health says people in the country will start getting Covid-19 vaccine before June. Secretary for Health in the ministry Dr Charles Mwansambo has told the local media that Malawians will start beneffeting… ...

618 new Coronavirus cases recorded on Friday

Jan 16, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Malawi on Friday recorded 618 new COVID-19 cases, 71 new recoveries and six new deaths. All the new cases are locally transmitted infections: 97 from Blantyre, 91 from Lilongwe, 86 from Mzimba North, 69 from… ...

Malawi opposition party questions safety of Covid-19 vaccine

Jan 15, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has threatened to drag government to court over Covid-19 vaccine, claiming without evidence that the safety of the vaccine is suspect. This is contained in a statement which the party… ...