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February 3, 2021 Owen Khamula - Nyasa Times 2 Comments
Health rights activists are demanding an unconditional apology from the police for teargassing patients in a hospital ward in Neno.
Police fired teargas canisters at at hospital premises
The Malawi Health Equity Network (MHEN) is demanding an apology from the Malawi Police Service over the disruption of health services at Neno District Hospital where police fired at people seeking medical attention and health workers.
The incident was as a result of running battles between the law enforcers and the communities.
According to MHEN Executive Director George Jobe, the police fired teargas through the main window of a male ward and also a few metres away from a Covid 19 isolation center which was at the time occupied by two patients who were on oxygen ventilators.
Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera has introduced new lockdown measures to contain a jump in confirmed cases and deaths from COVID-19. The restrictions include school closures, a night-time curfew, and no gatherings over 50 people.
The measure comes five days after Chakwera declared a state of national disaster in response to the recent spike in COVID-19 cases.
The new measures, he said, are being enacted because the situation is getting worse in the second wave of the pandemic.
“This year alone, a total of 5,091 people have tested positive for Covid-19 across the country.
January 2, 2021 Owen Khamula – Nyasa Times 7 Comments
A health activist is warning the government to be cautious on covid-19 vaccine which will be rolled out this June.
Jobe: Adequate flow of information on the vaccine will help to avoid resistance from people
The Malawi Health Equity Network (MHEN) Executive Director George Jobe has since told the government to provide adequate information on the administration of the coronavirus vaccine.
The appeal comes as the government has announced that it will start administering the vaccine in June this year, targeting 3.8 million people.
Jobe says adequate flow of information on the vaccine will help to avoid resistance from people.