jobs have been created, and he s been criticised for nepotism, including giving jobs to his family. he s about to take on the presidency of the southern african development community, but can malawi s president even honour the promises he made to his own country? lazarus chakwera, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. now, let s start with the situation as regards covid, because there are currently 11,000 active cases reported in your country. there ve been 1500 deaths, but that will be underreported. what s your assessment of the situation at the moment? you know, it is possible that it is underreported, but we go by what we have officially. and if you look at the figures, this third wave has pushed us to that level. because even positivity rate had come back down to almost 0.5%, and now that rate has gone all the way to 26, 25%. and there are some specific places where more positive cases have been indicated, like the blantyre city. now, one has to understand that for a
for nepotism, including giving jobs to his family. he s about to take on the presidency of the southern african development community, but can malawi s president even honour the promises he made to his own country? lazarus chakwera, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. now, let s start with the situation as regards covid, because there are currently 11,000 active cases reported in your country. there ve been 1500 deaths, but that will be underreported. what s your assessment of the situation at the moment? you know, it is possible that it is underreported, but we go by what we have officially. and if you look at the figures, this third wave has pushed us to that level. because even positivity rate had come back down to almost 0.5%, and now that rate has gone all the way to 26, 25%. and there are some specific places where more positive cases have been indicated, like the blantyre city. now, one has to understand that for a country like ours and for all that we are doing
now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m sarah montague. it s a year since lazarus chakwera became president of malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world. the preacher turned politician won power promising to create a millionjobs and to clear the rubble of corruption. but a year on, the economy is being hit hard by the effects of covid. his government admits it has no idea how many jobs have been created, and he s been criticised for nepotism, including giving jobs to his family. he s about to take on the presidency of the southern african development community, but can malawi s president even honour the promises he made to his own country? lazarus chakwera, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. now, let s start with the situation as regards covid, because there are currently 11,000 active cases reported in your country. there ve been 1500 deaths, but that will be underreported. what s your assessment of the situation at the moment? you know, it is poss
welcome to hardtalk. i m sarah montague. it s a year since lazarus chakwera became president of malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world. the preacher turned politician won power promising to create a millionjobs and to clear the rubble of corruption. but a year on, the economy is being hit hard by the effects of covid. his government admits it has no idea how many jobs have been created, and he s been criticised for nepotism, including giving jobs to his family. he s about to take on the presidency of the southern african development community, but can malawi s president even honour the promises he made to his own country? thank you very much. now, let s start with the situation as regards covid, because there are currently 11,000 active cases reported in your country. there ve been 1500 deaths, but that will be underreported. what s your assessment of the situation at the moment? you know, it is possible that it is underreported, but we go by what we have officiall