Reports say the lockdown in Wuhan, the Chinese city where the global coronavirus outbreak began, will be partially lifted on 8 April, officials say.
Travel restrictions in the rest of Hubei province, where Wuhan is located, will be lifted from midnight on Tuesday – for residents who are healthy.
A single new case of the virus was reported in Wuhan on Tuesday following almost a week of no reported new cases.
Countries around the world have gone into lockdown or imposed severe curbs. Meantime Malawi Judiciary is making rulings that show lack of seriousness and disregard of Malawian lives.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that Malawi risks a “deeper disruption” in economic activity due to the COVID-19 outbreak. While commending authorities for regaining control over budget in the first half of the 2019/20 financial year, IMF, however, says maintaining such a performance in the second half of the fiscal year will be challenging due to pressures emanating from COVID-19 as well as political pressures ahead of the fresh election, all of which it says will weigh in on government revenue.
IMF has said this in a statement issued this evening at the end of its mission in the country held between March 10 and 23, 2020 to conduct a fourth review of its three-year Extended Credit Facility (ECF). The mission was led by IMF Mission Chief for Malawi Pritha Mitra.
Meantime opposition party leaders are asking Malawians to stay away from work this Friday to force Jane Ansah’s resignation. What will happen when we disturb our economy further?
What true leaders would demand at this moment is fortifying our economy in case we get hit by coronavirus. A virus that has shown how vulnerable the US health system is. A virus that has paralyzed New York City the town that never slept. They lack simple medical equipment for their first responders. Simple things like protection masks.
Yet in our country instead of leaving partisanship aside we are in the middle of a political squabble. If we get infected like Italy and many of us die, who will care who is running MEC?
Please If you are aspiring to lead this country show some leadership.
