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By Saidi Winnes The Mental Expert Ndumanene Devlin Silungwe has said that turning of Bingu National Stadium as a Field Hospital has a potential to bring distress or anxiety as they would be the thinking that the disease might spread in their area The Mental Expert disclosed this during an exclusive interview today. “It is unlikely that it will bring mental disease, but it is possible to bring distress or anxiety on the thinking that the disease might spread in their area” he said Ndumanene has therefore urged the general public to use credible informational sources to avoid misinformation...

Chairperson for the Taskforce John Phuka revealed this yesterday during the daily covid-29 updates in Lilongwe. According to Phuka, the field hospitals will provide adequate space which help to improve quality of care to patients. Phuka added that Bingu National Stadium is one of the filed hospitals saying that it is expected to be opened in due course as all the preparations and logistics are at an advanced stage. He therefore gave a few tips to the people who have surrounded the stadium to follow in order to keep themselves safe from being exposed to the virus. “As the field hospital w...

January 28, 2021 Zawadi Chilunga - Nyasa Times 21 Comments United Democratic Front (UDF) party has asked government to involve all stakeholders on the vaccination plan for Covid-19 to ensure that the right message is communicated to the masses.  Atupele : We need an urgent plan for vaccinations. This follows an announcement by Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo-Chiponda that the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine in the country will take place in March with health workers and people with opportunistic conditions prioritised. Writing on his Facebook page the UDF leader  Atupele Muluzi ...

3 Min Read BLANTYRE (Reuters) - Two senior Malawian cabinet ministers and two other senior political figures died on Tuesday from COVID-19, the government said. The deaths followed a cabinet meeting and other gatherings attended by politicians over the Christmas period, but officials did not say where the victims were infected. Local Government Minister Lingson Berekanyama and Transport Minister Sidik Mia both succumbed to the disease in the early hours of Tuesday, the government spokesman said. They were senior members of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP), the main partner in an alliance that ...

At least 81 Covid-19 patients have recovered from the condition in the past 24 hours, bringing the total cumulative recoveries to 6,780 so far. During its daily status update session yesterday, the Presidential Taskforce on Covid-19 confirmed that the country recorded some 592 new coronavirus cases out of 1,583 tests conducted hours before the update. Presently, 323 patients have been admitted to various facilities with Lilongwe leading the pack at 128 total admissions seconded by Blantyre’s 86 hospitalizations. Meanwhile, 10 new deaths also occurred during the reported period, bringing ...