{"id":848,"date":"2021-01-20T23:47:06","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T23:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/benin\/?p=848"},"modified":"2021-01-20T23:23:34","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T23:23:34","slug":"chakwera-lauded-over-covid-19-speech-malawi-registers-over-100-thousand-suspected-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/benin\/homepage-french\/chakwera-lauded-over-covid-19-speech-malawi-registers-over-100-thousand-suspected-cases","title":{"rendered":"Chakwera lauded over Covid-19 speech: Malawi registers over 100 thousand suspected cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/benin\">Benin<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Malawi President has been lauded by commentators on social media over measures taken to curtail the spread of Covid-19 in the speech made last night with over 12 thousand cases confirmed in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Chakwera who was lambasted last week for a lackluster approach to the deadly Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) that has killed 314 people in Malawi including two cabinet ministers against a backdrop of over 100 thousand suspected cases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLazalo was bold yesterday. He shared strategy and that is exactly what we\u2019ve been holding him accountable for &amp; longing,\u201d wrote whistleblower, Mulotwa Mulotwa.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile questions are rising over some of the measures introduced that include a curfew on people from 8pm as the president has not declared a State of Emergency.<\/p>\n<p>Section 45 of the country\u2019s Constitution stipulate that there shall be \u201cno derogation from rights\u201d unless a State of Emergency is declared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Benin. Malawi President has been lauded by commentators on social media over measures taken to curtail the spread of Covid-19 in the speech made last night with over 12 thousand cases confirmed in the country. 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