Coronavirus – Malawi: UN Malawi COVID-19 Update Situation Update No. 27

Malawi HighlightS

• Blantyre District Health Office supported to train 760 Health Surveillance Assistants in contact tracing and Lilongwe District Health Office supported to provide surveillance and rapid response team activities

• 10 passengers plan to use the final WFP Aviation COVID-19 humanitarian flights in and out of Malawi

• 153 health facilities were given reporting forms to track use of COVID-19 supplies thereby increasing accountability

• 2,568 Malawian returnees from South Africa, including 294 children, were supported with various items in the two holding centres in Machinga and Domasi

• 120 police officers were trained on guidelines for protecting vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 pandemic

• Mobile courts strengthened in 6 districts on women’s access to justice for SGBV

• 2.62 million people will require humanitarian assistance during the next lean season

• Development of a comprehensive COVID-19 awareness programme for farming communities

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of UN Country Team in Malawi (UNCT).