Month: October 2020 Posts

Abida Mia opens K28 million mortuary at Ngabu hospital

Oct 18, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Deputy Minister of Lands, Abida Sidik Mia, who is also a member of Parliament for Chikwawa Nkombedzi constituency on Friday opened a new morgue worth K28 million at Ngabu Rural Hospital in the constituency. The… ...

MoH to upgrade 35 Health Centres

Oct 01, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Written by Joseph Chikalipo - Mana Minister of Health, Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda, says plans are in place to upgrade about atleast 35 Health Centres across the country in a bid to ease congestion which is… ...

New measures on Covid-19 came into force Saturday

Aug 09, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Attorney General Dr Chikosa Silungwe says the new Coronavirus measures which include a ban on public gatherings came into force yesterday. The Public Health (Corona Virus and Covid-19) Prevention, Containment and Management Rules, 2020, were… ...

Govt not paying 450 intern health workers: Frontline medics starving

Jul 24, 2020 Thula Chisamba 0 &

  About 450 intern health workers in the country are struggling due to government's failure to pay them. During spot check findings in hospitals that these frontline health workers are serving, it was established that… ...

Malawi receives 38,000 test kits

Jul 23, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Coronavirus test kits shortage in Malawi has come to an end following the arrival of 38,000 test kits. The test kits arrived Wednesday through Kamuzu International Airport in Lilongwe. According to Director of Health… ...

Schools should not reopen on July 13 – Ministry of Health

Jul 10, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Ministry of Health has advised the Presidential Taskforce on Coronavirus not to reopen schools on July 13. The National Education Planning Taskforce proposed July 13 as date for reopening of schools which were closed… ...

Independent schools demand reopening of schools

May 28, 2020 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

An association for independent school owners, the Independent Schools Association of Malawi (ISAMA), has threatened that it will call for demonstrations if government fails to open schools by 1st June this year. This is according… ...

Hospital rejects claims about fake burial of ‘coronavirus victim’ at Ekwendeni

May 18, 2020 Mike Lyson Zgambo 0 &

St. John of God Hospital in Mzuzu has refuted reports that its workers staged a burial of a fake coronavirus victim at Ekwendeni. Workers from the hospital on Sunday were pictured at a graveyard with… ...

Coronavirus: Registered cases in Malawi hit 70

May 17, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

...Three more people recover The Ministry of Health has today announced five new cases of the coronavirus and now the number of registered cases in the country has hit 70. Minister of Health Jappie Mhango… ...

Nurses appeal for removal of 30% tax on risk allowances

May 15, 2020 Daniel Sapuli 0 &

National Organization of Nurses and Midwives of Malawi (NONM) has asked government to remove tax on health workers’ risk allowances. In a later addressed to the government through secretary to the treasury, President of NONM,… ...

Covid-19 cases in Malawi hit 63

May 13, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

The Ministry of Health says five new cases have been registered in the country, taking the number of confirmed cases to 63. Minister of Health Jappie Mhango has confirmed this in a statement today. He… ...

We have herbs that cure Coronavirus, declares Malawi’s Teras Health Care

May 09, 2020 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

...Challenges govt to give them a chance One of Malawi's herbal products manufacturing companies, Teras Health Care, has claimed that it has a product which heals COVID-19 patients. This is according to the company's Marketing… ...

Coronavirus: Five health workers in Malawi test positive

May 09, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Five health workers in Blantyre have tested positive for COVID-19. Eight other new cases have been recorded in the country. Minister of Health Jappie Mhango has confirmed the 13 new cases. He said the five… ...

Coronavirus: Malawi records two new cases

May 06, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

A man based in Thyolo and another one based in Lilongwe have tested positive for Covid-19. Minister of Health Jappie Mhango has announced the cases saying one has been confirmed at College of Medicine in… ...

FAM offers Luwinga Technical Centre as quarantine facility

Apr 29, 2020 Andrew Cane Chilapondwa 0 &

Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has offered Luwinga Technical Centre in Mzuzu to the Ministry of Health to be used as a quarantine centre during the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. This was confirmed by… ...