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Malawi receives extra 277,080 Astrazeneca COVID-19 doses

Maravi Post Reporter

By Dorica Mtenje

LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-The Malawi Government through the Ministry of Health has received 277,080 consignment of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.

The Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda and the Japanese Ambassador to Malawi Satoshi Iwakiri received the donation at Kamuzu international airport in Lilongwe on Saturday, February 26, 2022.

Making the donation,Japanese Ambassador Satochi said the vaccines are his government offer through the COVAX Facility.

Satochi said Japan has donated 30 million doses to developing countries to help them reach out to their communities.

He said Japan has also donated 19trilion to 39 countries in world and they are expect to bring in more soon.

The ambassador added that Japan managed to vaccinate 80 percent of their population.

Receiving the donation, Heath Minister Kandodo applaud the Japanese government for the donation as it will help in the fight of COVID-19.

Kandodo call upon those that had the first dose only to visit the nearby clinics next week to get the second dose and be fully vaccinated.

She said the large numbers of vaccinated citizen will help to apply the mask down rule as other countries are doing.

The minister added that citizens who are fully vaccinated whether with Astrazaneca or Johnson johnson can also boost their vaccination status by getting Pfizer .

Currently 700,000 Malawians has the first Astrazeneca doses.

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Malawi State house disputes reports of Chakwera’s hair removal after taking AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine

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LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-State House on Monday, March 15, 2021 refuted social media reports that President Lazarus Chakwera has lost his hair since receiving the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine.

Director of Communications at State House Sean Kampondeni who is Chakwera’s son-in-law told the weekly press briefing that he has seen reports on social media that President Chakwera has lost hair since receiving the vaccine on Thursday last week.

“I checked in with the president this morning, he is fine. He is in robust and good health.

“There were rumours on social media that the president, since he received the vaccine, has lost his hair. But I can assure you that the president’s hair remains intact,” said Kampondeni.

Presidential Press Secretary Brian Banda also addressed concerns about the safety of the vaccine in his response to questions from journalists during the press briefing.

Banda said the vaccine was approved by scientists to be the right vaccine for Malawi and what is on the top agenda of the Chakwera administration is to make sure that people of Malawi are protected.

“Let us look at saving lives and not the politics of vaccines,” said Banda.

He urged people to receive the vaccine, saying President Chakwera would not have received the AstraZeneca vaccine if the reports about the vaccine were true.

“President Chakwera loves this country and he cannot bring here things that are going to destroy this country,” said Banda.

Malawi received 360,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine earlier this month and the vaccination programme was rolled out last week.

There have been concerns over the safety of the vaccine amid reports that some countries have suspended it after people reported having blood clots after getting the jab.

But Malawi authorities have defended the vaccines arguing that it has scientifically proven.

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Malawi President Chakwera Chakwera gets Astrazeneca jab

Richard Kayenda
Chakwera gets Covid-19 vaccination

MZUZU-(MaraviPost)-Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera has described the Covid-19 vaccination as a life saving drug in the face of the incessant pandemic of the novel Coronavirus.

Speaking during the launch of Covid-19 vaccination program at Zomba Covid-19 field hospital, Chakwera said the vaccine is a major milestone in defeating the virus and so it is very necessary for people to receive the vaccination to protect lives.

Chakwera further said what the pandemic has left to the nation is there for everyone to see.

“Few days from now, it will be exactly one year since our war against Covid-19 began, when a state of national disaster was first declared across Malawi because of the pandemic. Since then, the pandemic has robbed us of our freedoms, shut down our businesses, destroyed our jobs, disrupted our travel, distorted our communal lives and destabilized our institutions.

“Most painfully, the Coronavirus has infected over 32 thousand of our people and taken 1,077 of our loved ones. 82 percent of who have died, during the second wave, just began seventy days ago. Without question, our Heath workers have been our soldiers in this war; they have conducted over 100 thousand tests, they have helped nearly 25 thousand infected people recover, they have even over five million hours of sacrificial selfless service to our Covid-19 isolation centres. We will all win the battle,” said Chakwera.

The Malawi also had time to inspect the field hospital before he received his Astrazeneca jab.

In her remarks Minister of Health, Khumbize Kandodo Chuponda, appealed to Malawians to avail themselves to receive the vaccination, saying the jabs are effectively helping so many people in other countries.

At least 30 thousand people tested positive for the virus since it was first detected in Malawi on April 2, 2020 and 1,077 of them died of the virus while others recovered.