Vaccine Archives

Polio vaccination campaign to be rolled out in Blantyre

Mar 15, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

By Emmanuel Chilemba Blantyre District Health Office has announced that it will conduct Polio vaccination exercise next week targeting children under the age of five amid the threat of further spread of Polio. The Development… ...

Govt’s silence on ‘no vaccine, no work policy’ irks CDEDI

Sep 10, 2021 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has expressed concern over Government’s silence on the ‘no vaccine, no work’ policy which companies in Malawi have instituted. CDEDI Executive Director Sylvester Namiwa has made… ...

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… ...

MEC extends mandatory vaccination requirement to temporary staff

Aug 12, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says temporary staff including presiding officers and drivers will be required to present evidence of Covid-19 vaccination before they are hired. The commission has said this in a statement dated 11… ...

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… ...

Malawi pauses vaccination exercise

Jun 28, 2021 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Malawi has paused its vaccination program as COVID-19 vaccine doses that the country received have been exhausted. Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda has confirmed saying the program will resume after another consignment of the… ...

Crisis: Malawi runs out of Covid vaccine

Jun 18, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Vaccination Centres across Malawi have run out of Covid-19 vaccine and the Ministry of Health says the crisis is due to a delay in the arrival of a consignment of the vaccine. Currently, there is… ...