Friday, 24 April 2020

Coronavirus: I were President of Malawi

If I was the President of Malawi, this is what I would do:
  1. Stop domestic travel: I would do this because there are alot of remote fishing villages in Malawi that won't get coronavirus in them if there is no domestic travel.
  2. Close hospitals: The hospitals in Malawi will kill more people than they can help as there are only 7 ventilators meaning 2.5 million people to 1 ventilator and they have 25 intensive care beds for the whole of Malawi.
  3. Close schools: People walk so far to get to school if they get coronavirus at school and then bring it back to their village then there is coronavirus in the village.
  4. Export more tobacco to make up for the loss in other sectors of the economy: Even if people in the tobacco factories get coronavirus, it will help as there is now no tourism which is one of Malawi's main exports.
  5. Fish more: It will impact the lake massively but it will prevent lots of people from dying from starvation. I would do this by relaxing all the restrictions on fishing.
  6. Ask for more aid: 45% of Malawi's economy is aid, and being the 3rd poorest country in the world, they have a good shot at getting extra aid.
  7. Open the borders: It will encourage more tourism, and Malawi will need it as its exports will fall.

1 comment:

  1. This is really well written Rafael and some excellent and very valid points. I really enjoyed reading it. Well done.

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