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Zimitsani Moto : Understanding the Malawi COVID-19 Response

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  • James Tengatenga

    (School of Theology, University of the South, Sewanee, TN 37383, USA)

  • Susan M. Tengatenga Duley

    (Unity Trust Bank, Birmingham B1 2JB, UK)

  • Cecil J. Tengatenga

    (School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06510, USA)

Abstract

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has unsettled societies and economies of people and countries all over the world. Malawi is no exception. As such, the COVID-19 pandemic is more than just a health crisis. Countries have responded by instituting lockdowns and other restrictive measures among the populace. These have, in turn, elicited negative responses and legal challenges; most of which are rights-based. The main challenge has been that of the restriction of individual and religious freedoms. It is, thus, no surprise that reactions against government decrees restricting religious gatherings in the wake of the pandemic have been challenged in the courts. We will explore the Malawian traditional religious concept of healing and wholeness, give a chronological outline of government decrees and the responses to the pandemic, and conclude with an analysis using some reflections on Ferdinand Tönnies concepts of Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft and recollection of traditional religion and critique of the new evangelicalism leading to an understanding of the Malawian response to the pandemic.

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  • James Tengatenga & Susan M. Tengatenga Duley & Cecil J. Tengatenga, 2021. "Zimitsani Moto : Understanding the Malawi COVID-19 Response," Laws, MDPI, vol. 10(2), pages 1-14, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jlawss:v:10:y:2021:i:2:p:20-:d:524384
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    1. Kao, Kristen & Lust, Ellen & Dulani, Boniface & Ferree, Karen E. & Harris, Adam S. & Metheney, Erica, 2021. "The ABCs of Covid-19 prevention in Malawi: Authority, benefits, and costs of compliance," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 137(C).
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    1. Abayomi Samuel Oyekale & Thonaeng Charity Maselwa, 2021. "An Instrumental Variable Probit Modeling of COVID-19 Vaccination Compliance in Malawi," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(24), pages 1-14, December.
    2. Adelaide Madera, 2021. "The Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Religious Exercise: Preliminary Remarks," Laws, MDPI, vol. 10(2), pages 1-10, June.

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