Parishoners wash hands as a preventive measure against the spred of the COVID-19 coronavirus on the last day of full gatherings as a parish at the Saint Don Bosco Catholic Parish in Lilongwe on March 22 2020. Image: AMOS GUMULIRA / AFP
Malawi has recorded its first three confirmed cases of coronavirus, President Peter Mutharika said in an address to the nation on Thursday.
"Malawi had no cases of the virus. Sadly, we now have three confirmed cases," Mutharika said.