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How is Malawi coping with steep rise in Covid-19?

Malawi is setting up field hospitals to cope with COVID-19 as the country is facing a resurgence of the virus. President Lazarus Chakwera lost two Cabinet ministers to COVID-19 at the start of the year. He has said the health system is facing a quite desperate situation. Dr. John Phuka heads the Presidential committee on Covid-19.

(Picture: Nurses preparing to work in a Covid-19 treatment centre in Lilongwe, Malawi, January 2021 Credit: Getty Images)

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