World Bank2021-02-022021-02-022021-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/35092In May 2020, the National Statistical Office (NSO), with support from the World Bank, launched the High-Frequency Phone Survey on COVID-19, (coronavirus) which tracks the socio-economic impacts of the pandemic on a monthly basis for a period of 12 months. The survey aimed to recontact the entire sample of households that had been interviewed during the Integrated Household Panel Survey (IHPS) 2019 round and that had a phone number for at least one household member or a reference individual. This report presents the findings from the fifth round of the survey that was conducted during the period of October 29 - November 16, 2020.CC BY 3.0 IGOCORONAVIRUSCOVID-19PANDEMIC IMPACTHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSCHOOL CLOSUREEDUCATIONACCESS TO BASIC SERVICESFOOD SECURITYEMPLOYMENTSAFETY NETSCOVID-19 Impact MonitoringBriefWorld BankMalawi, Round 510.1596/35092