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February 8, 2021 Chipambano Mbewe – Nyasa Times 3 Comments Some local disability organisations in Malawi have pleaded for inclusivity of the persons with disabilities  in the newly National  Preparedness and Response Strategic Plan which is currently being drafted by The Presidential Task Force on Covid-19. VIHEMA officials and stakeholders The organisations which are under the Federation of Disability Organisations in Malawi (FEDOMA)  and  others registered by the Non Governmental  Organisations made the remarks on Friday, February 5 2021 during a virtual (Zoom) meeting organi...

Government is reviewing whether to proceed with the planned rollout of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine after a research showed it offered minimal protection against mild infection from a new variant spreading in the country from South Africa blamed for the surge in cases. South Africa announced on Monday its pause after researchers from the University of Witwatersrand […]

The nation has declared a 'state of disaster' as hospitals run out of ventilators and beds fill up

February 5, 2021 Watipaso Mzungu - Nyasa Times 10 Comments The Minister of Information and Communication Technologies, Gospel Kazako, has commended Malawians for up and seek clarification from duty-bearers on the Covid-19 vaccine  developed by British-Swedish pharmaceutical AstraZeneca in partnership with Oxford University. Ministers of Infomation Gospel Kazako (L): Every citizen has the right to know what sort of vaccine is being injected into their bodies. -Pic (C) Daniel Namwini-Mana President Lazarus Chakwera, in his weekly Covid-19 update on January 31, said government had secure...

BLANTYRE, Malawi —  Malawi faces a resurgence of COVID-19 that is overwhelming the southern African country where a presidential residence and a national stadium have been turned into field hospitals in efforts to save lives. President Lazarus Chakwera, just six months in office, lost two Cabinet ministers to COVID-19 in January amid a surge that led him to declare a state of national disaster in all of Malawi’s 28 districts. Chakwera declared three days of national mourning over the deaths of the ministers of transport and local government, which shocked the nation and inspired a raft...