Tag: coronavirus

Nobel Winning Scientist Claims Covid-19 Virus Was Man-Made In Wuhan Lab

Published on April 20, 2020 by Flora Mitumba

French Nobel prize winning scientist Luc Montagnier has sparked a fresh controversy by claiming that the SARS-CoV-2 virus came from […]

Open Letter from African Intellectuals to Leaders Over COVID-19

Published on April 19, 2020 by FACE OF MALAWI

Dozens of prominent intellectuals, writers and academics from across Africa have co-signed an open letter addressed to the continent’s leaders, […]

Coronavirus Reaches Amazon’s Isolated Yanomami Tribe

Published on April 17, 2020 by Flora Mitumba

Brazil has announced the first coronavirus case among the Yanomami people, an Amazon indigenous group known for its remoteness and vulnerability to […]

’14 Covid-19 Patients are Getting Better’ – Mhango

Published on April 17, 2020 by Flora Mitumba

Chairperson for special cabinet committee on Coronavirus Jappie Mhango has disclosed that all the 14 people who tested positive for […]

Dausi Refuse Ordering a Clinician to Declare a Patient that He Has Covid-19

Published on April 17, 2020 by Flora Mitumba

Minister of Homeland Security Nicholas Dausi has refuted rumors that he ordered a clinician at Mchinji District Hospital to confirm […]

HRDC Threatens to Take Govt to Court Over Lockdown

Published on April 16, 2020 by Flora Mitumba

Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has threatened to take government to court if it will not reverse it decision to […]

World Bank Gives Malawi $37 Million Support for Covid-19 Response

Published on April 16, 2020 by Flora Mitumba

The World Bank approved today $7 million in immediate funding to support Malawi’s response to the global COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic […]

CFT Not Pleased With Lockdown

Published on April 16, 2020 by Flora Mitumba

Citizens for Transformation (CFT) leader Timothy Mtambo says the lockdown approach is not practical in Malawi because of the financial […]

Rwanda deploys drones equipped with loudspeakers to broadcast Coronavirus news and messages in villages

Published on April 16, 2020 by FACE OF MALAWI

Rwanda has deployed a set of drones equipped with loudspeakers to broadcast Coronavirus news and messages in villages and rural […]

Brazil Health Secretary Resigns Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

Published on April 16, 2020 by Flora Mitumba

Brazil’s Health Ministry said on Wednesday that Health Secretary Wanderson de Oliveira has resigned, as tensions between Health Minister Luiz […]

Can Lockdown Work In Malawi? Mixed Reactions From People as Malawi Leader Imposes a 21 Day Lockdown

Published on April 15, 2020 by Flora Mitumba

President Peter Mutharika yesterday announced of a 21 day lockdown effect April 18 midnight to May 19 midnight with an […]

Covid-19: Chilima Says Be Cautious on Lockdown

Published on April 15, 2020 by Flora Mitumba

The state vice president Saulos Chilima has cautioned government not to copy everything that is being done by other countries […]

Govt Promises Heath Workers Necessary Support

Published on April 15, 2020 by Flora Mitumba

Minister of Health Jappie Mhango says Government is taking decisive steps to address some challenges district councils face in response […]

Malawians Urged to Comply with Preventive Measures of Covid-19

Published on April 15, 2020 by Flora Mitumba

President Peter Mutharika has urged Malawians to fully comply with the preventive measures that have been placed to fight Coronavirus. […]

Mutharika Asks Political Leaders to Join Hands in Fighting Coronavirus

Published on April 15, 2020 by Flora Mitumba

President Peter Mutharika has appealed o all political leaders to join hands in fight Coronavirus which has caused fear and […]

Covid-19 Victim of Burundi Origin Laid to Rest

Published on April 14, 2020 by Flora Mitumba

It has emerged that the Canadian national of Burundi origin who succumbed to COVID-19 in Area 25, Lilongwe was a […]

Prominent Virginia Pastor Who Said ‘God is Larger Than This Dreaded Virus’ Dies of Covid-19

Published on April 14, 2020 by Flora Mitumba

A prominent Richmond-area evangelical pastor died on the eve of Easter after contracting the novel coronavirus. Bishop Gerald Glenn, founder and […]

Covid-19: 667 Patients Die In England Hospitals

Published on April 14, 2020 by Flora Mitumba

At least 667 coronavirus patients have died in hospitals in England, taking the total in the country to 10,261. Of […]