Karonga District Gears up in the Covid-19 Fight

Karonga District has announced that it will tighten preventive measures in a bid to keep the spread of Corona virus in check in the face of one confirmed case of Covid 19 in the district a week ago.

Speaking on Tuesday, District Commissioner for Karonga, Paul Kalilombe, said the confirmed case of the pandemic in the district is a tip of the iceberg, bearing in mind that most people in Karonga engage in cross border businesses with the neighbouring Tanzania where the disease has gained a wider ground.

“As a district, we are ensuring that preventive measures against the spread of Corona virus are tightened further: no mobile markets, no more lawlessness and what have you.

“We are only appealing to our security agency: the police, Immigration Department and other to join hands to deal with the situation and not bickering with each other. Further, we have to follow our laws as our counterparts in Tanzania do and people have to be careful of the dangers of this pandemic, and not travelling to and back from Tanzania as if they are not aware of this disease,” said Kalilombe.

On 26 April, the country recorded another case of Covid 19 from Karonga District, raising the number of Covid 19 cases to 36.

He is a 27 year man who recently traveled from Tanzania and was observing self quarantine.

Currently, Malawi has a total number of 36 cases of the disease. Four people recovered from it and three died of the same.