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Malawi President Bemoans Men's Laxity on COVID-19 Prevention Measures

Lameck Masina

   BLANTRYE, MALAWI - Malawi president Lazarus Chakwera has asked men in
   Malawi to strictly follow COVID-19 preventive measures.

   In his weekly national address, Saturday Chakwera said government
   statistics indicate that more men in the country are infected with the
   virus than women. Chakwera said this is largely because of the reckless
   behavior of many men in Malawi in observing measures aimed at stopping
   the spread of COVID-19. President Chakwera said such an attitude
   defeats efforts to combat the spread of the coronavirus.
   Chakwera said he is deeply concerned that most men in Malawi feel they
   are very strong and cannot contract the coronavirus.

   "I am not concerned over this because I am a man, no. But the pandemic
   has shown that more people who are infected with coronavirus are men
   because in every 10 confirmed cases, seven of them are men," he said.

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