Month: October 2021 Posts

Malawi records zero new Covid-19 cases

Oct 24, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi has registered no new COVID-19 cases, no new recoveries and no new deaths over the past 24 hours. The country, however, still has 2,098 active cases, including 10 cases recorded on Saturday. In the… ...

AG demands probe into K350 million UK trip

Oct 04, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

The Attorney General Thabo Chakaka Nyirenda has called on the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to investigate Ministry of Health of officials who went on a K350 million trip to United Kingdom funded by a prospective supplier… ...

27 thousand Covid jabs expire

Sep 29, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera last week demanded rich nations to give poor countries more vaccines and this week, amid low uptake of donated vaccines, 27 thousand doses are set to expire in Malawi. The Nation has… ...

Donors withdraw funding for blood procurement

Aug 05, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Health Services Joint Fund (HSJF) has stopped supporting procurement of blood by CHAM facilities and Central Hospitals from Malawi Blood Transfusion Services (MBTS). Secretary for Health in the Ministry of Health Charles Mwansambo disclosed… ...

Malawi runs out of Covid-19 vaccine, again!

Jul 31, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

A week after Malawi received Covid-19 vaccine donated by the French Government, vaccination centres across the country have again run out of vaccine. In Lilongwe, Director of Health and Social Services Alinafe Mbewe Tambala has… ...

20,000 people vaccinated in Malawi since Monday

Jul 27, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Ministry of Health has vaccinated 20,000 people across the country since the vaccination exercise resumed on Monday. Information from the Ministry of Health shows that 5,405 people received the first dose while 14,594 got the… ...

Riverside Hotel, Michiru Lodge charging K100,000 per day for quarantine

Jul 15, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Riverside Hotel and Michiru Lodge in Lilongwe are operating illegal quarantine centres where they are charging people K100,000 per day. The two businesses are getting clients using claims that they have been approved by the… ...

Govt to roll out polio vaccine this month

Jul 05, 2021 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The Malawi government through the Ministry of Health will this month conduct a week-long catch-up polio vaccination campaign targeting over 1.8 million children below the age of five. Confirming the development was the ministry's public… ...

Malawi destroys 19,610 doses of Covid-19 vaccine

May 19, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Ministry of Health has burned 19,610 expired doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. The incineration was carried out this morning at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe. Doses which have been destroyed were part of… ...

K17.5 billion put to use: Minister to inspect Covid-19 vaccine incineration

May 19, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda will this morning inspect the incineration of Covid-19 vaccines at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe. Chiponda is expected to be guest of honour at the event where about 19,000… ...

Coronavirus: 12 prisoners test positive, two new cases imported from India

May 05, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi has registered 20 new Covid-19 cases, including 12 cases at Chichiri Prison and two imported cases from India. According to the Ministry of Health, the 12 prisoners at Chichiri Prison tested positive during a… ...

Malaria: 6.9 million cases registered in Malawi in 2020

Apr 26, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Malawi recorded over 6.9 million cases of Malaria and 2,551 deaths in 2020, with children under the age of five representing more than half of the dead. The Ministry of Health released the statistics yesterday,… ...

Rural hospitals running short of drugs: Patients told to buy

Mar 02, 2021 Thula Chisamba 0 &

Rural hospitals in the country are running short of essential medical supplies and patients are being told to be buying prescribed drugs from pharmacies. Spot check findings in rural hospitals like Chitheka in Nkhatabay and… ...

Concerned students organize demos over school closure

Feb 17, 2021 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Malawian concerned students have organized city after city demonstrations starting next week over prolonged school closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a statement made available to Malawi24, the group through its national chairperson… ...

Malawi to roll out AstraZeneca vaccine: ‘We have received advice from WHO’

Feb 17, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Ministry of Health says preparations are at an advanced stage for the rollout of AstraZeneca Vaccine in March this year. This is according to a statement released by the Ministry of Health dated February… ...