Govt rolls out 3rd phase Covid-19 relief funds (The Nation)

The Nation (Malawi) published an article stating that the Ministry of Gender, Community Development, and Social Welfare has rolled out the third phase of emergency cash transfers under the Covid-19 urban cash transfer intervention targeting 74 150 urban beneficiaries. The initiative targets low-income semi-urban locations based on assessment of the cities’ socio-economic profiles and household vulnerability levels. An IFPRI price bulletin shows an increase in prices of foodstuffs that include legumes, tubers, livestock and livestock products, and fish across the country.