Malawi COVID-19 Situation Update No.27 - 18 Sept 2020

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