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Maldives bans entry to flights from South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia, Lesotho, Malawi and Eswatini.
2021-11-28

Canada, the EU, Israel, Japan, Morocco, the Philippines, Singapore, Turkey, the UAE, the UK, and the U.S. ban flights from South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Malawi, and Eswatini due to the Omicron variant.
2021-11-26

Israel reports its first case of the Omicron variant in a person who travelled from Malawi.
2021-11-26

Malawi receives its first shipment of 360,000 doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine through the COVAX vaccine-sharing initiative.
2021-03-6

Malawi closes its borders for 14 days and restricts public gatherings to no more than 100 people due to an increase in COVID-19 cases.
2020-12-22

The Supreme Court of Malawi rejects a bid from President Peter Mutharika and upholds a lower court ruling that annulled last year's elections, paving the way for a new election that will be held on July 2.
2020-05-8

President Peter Mutharika announces a stimulus package to alleviate the economic stress resulting from the disease. To help finance this program, he and all government ministers are taking a ten percent wage cut for three months.
2020-04-5

Former Malawian President Joyce Banda announces she is to return from three years of exile amid a corruption scandal.
2018-04-23

Peter Mutharika is sworn into office as the President of Malawi.
2014-05-31

The Cabinet of Malawi is dissolved by President Joyce Banda amidst a graft scandal.
2013-10-10