BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)— Malawi, a country that confirmed its first three cases of the novel Coronavirus Thursday April 2 this year and the 50th African nation to be infected, has seen a surge in Covid-19 cases hitting 4000.
According to Ministry of Health –Malawi COVID-19 National Information Dashboard, there are now 4078 confirmed cases including 114 deaths. Cumulatively, 1,875 cases have now recovered bringing the total number of active cases to 2,089.
Malawi saw a surge in COVID-19 cases soon after the former ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) started evacuating citizens from South Africa, the country hit hardest in the African Continent.
I am a journalist, educator, and activist with passion for telling stories about social justice, sports and political issues. I graduated from Mzuzu University.
I started my career at the Maravi Post online publication in 2012 as an intern while in college.
Upon graduating from Mzuzu University I was offered a job as Sports Reporter because of my background as a goalkeeper and rose to the position of sub editor.
I also had a short stint with Nyasatimes, Malawi Punch and Malawi Digest. Over the past seven years, I have worked intimately with rural organizations and communities in Malawi on human rights, girl child education and grassroots development projects. With an academic background in education, I also volunteer as male champion for girls’ education under Girls Empowerment Networks (GENET) in Malawi’s South West Education Division (SWED).
