By Tione Andsen Lilongwe, September 15, Mana: National Initiative for Civic Education (NICE) Tuesday expressed concern that Presidential Committee on Covid-19 has been left out in the quest to combating the pandemic in the country. Executive Director for NICE Trust, Ollen Mwalubunju made the remarks during the launch of students, parents and teachers engagement campaign […]
By Tione Andsen Lilongwe, September 15, Mana: Government has admitted that Covid-19 pandemic still remains a public health threat that has resulted into a new social order. Minister of Civic Education and National Unity, Timothy Mtambo said this Tuesday during the launch of students, parents and teachers engagement campaign on Covid-19 which will be carried […]
Listed National Bank of Malawi (NBM) plc Wednesday donated face masks worth K2 million to Blantyre City Council (BCC)’s ‘Donate a mask’ campaign to protect vulnerable school pupils in the city from Covid-19 pandemic. Making the donation in Blantyre, Chief Executive Officer for NBM Development Bank Limited, a subsidiary for NBM plc Lucious Mandala said […]
The Opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Vice President for Southern Region, Kondwani Nankhumwa has commended health workers in the country for sacrificing lives and precious time fighting against Coronavirus pandemic. Nankhumwa, who is also leader of opposition in Parliament, was on speaking on Thursday at Nunde Health Centre in Chiradzulu where he donated PPEs to […]
By James Mwale Lilongwe, August 12, Mana: Drug Fight Malawi, a local non-governmental organisation advocating against drug and substance abuse in the country, has warned that cigarette smokers stand a high risk of contracting Corona virus and succumbing to the resultant disease (COVID-19). The organisation’s Executive Director, Nelson Bazuel Zakeyu, raised the caution in Lilongwe […]
The government through the Ministry of Health has enacted and gazeted new measures for the Prevention, Containment and Management of Coronavirus, which causes the deadly COVID-19 disease. As opposition in Malawi, we feel duty-bound to comment on these measures because this global pandemic has been decimating societies across the world, including Malawi. Among the measures, […]
Multichoice Malawi has donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre to help in the fight against Coronavirus pandemic which has so far claimed 152 lives in the country. The Personal Protective Equipment worth over MK 38 Million includes 3,500 Face Masks and 3,500 Disposable Isolation Gowns. In his remarks during […]
By Daniel Namwini Lilongwe, August 10, Mana: Malawi has received a grant of JPY300 million (approximately K2 billion) from the Government of Japan to assist in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic in the country. Speaking at the grant signing ceremony in Lilongwe on Monday, Japanese Ambassador to Malawi Iwakiri Satoshi said the grant will assist […]
The Malawi Police have started arresting people who are not wearing face masks in public places as the measure of fighting the further Covid-19. National Police Public Relations Officer, James Kadadzera confirmed the development on Monday morning. “We have started enforcing the mandatory wearing of masks in all public places across the country,” confirmed Kadadzera […]
Catholics Bishops under the banner Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) have accused President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera’s administration for imposing a ‘Partial’ lockdown on Malawians without consulting the bishops. In a statement the Catholic Bishops said the new guidelines known as Public Health (Coronavirus and Covid-19) Prevention, Containment and Management Rules have taken the bishops by […]