PRESS STATEMENT 17 JANUARY 2021 FROM RHETORIC TO ACTION: A CALL TO ACTION ON COVID-19 RESPONSE
HRDC would like to express is disappointment with government’s lacklustre response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Although it is clear to every Malawian that this second wave is an emergency that needs all hands at board, this fact seems lost to the leadership in government who have gone missing in this hour of need.
The SOS calls from the health workers on the frontline are depressing with the hospitals being stretched beyond their limits. At Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital and Kamuzu Central Hospital, the situation is so dire with an ever-increasing death toll and incoming patient numbers.