Well that didn't take long...

Some snippets from this morning:

· Tear gas thrown by police in old town near bus station drifted into our second clinic location, closing it today (I am at the other clinic)

· People are out on the streets wearing red, the color of protest

· Internet news sites are blocked

· Radio station frequencies are blocked

· Police cars are on fire

· Stores of political party members are on fire

· People are burning tires in the road to block police movement

· Police are on “parade” in city center

· Buses have been burned in Mzuzu to the north

· Political office burned in Mzuzu

· The streets, other than the protests are quite – very few cars on the road

And during all this, the President continues to give his public lecture about how great things are going in Malawi…word on the street says that only his political party members are attending.

No clinic patients today at my or Jon’s clinic: Jon’s clinic is closed, and the nurses here are sunbathing. We, however, are staying put.

UPDATE: my clinic is now closed too at 11am. People are leaving their cars and walking home in groups.