Erongo regional governor, Andre Neville in an interview with Eagle FM this morning said that the Community transmissions started before they reported the first case.
He said the living standards of the Erongo residents are a contributing factor to the increase of cases.
Andre said the government does not have enough properties in Walvis Bay where to house Covid-19 patients.
“So, for the meantime, we are currently using private properties,” he said.
Andre added that his office has distributed about 10 000 food parcels at Kuisebmond stadium to assist the residents whose jobs affected by the Covid-19 regulations.
“The food parcels being distributed came from the office of the prime minister,” Andre added.
Andre said due to the limited isolation facilities roughly about 200-300 Covid-19 positive people are at home within the community, this includes the increasing number of cases in Erongo.
“We are advising them to be in their houses and isolate themselves,” he said.
On the burial issue. Andre said they had decided not to continue burying Covid-19 victims at the site where the first one is buried.
He also said that there were no consultations regarding the use of the site to bury Covid-19 victims although when the site was designated the community was engaged.
Andre could not say where the two bodies will be buried neither did he say when. He, however, said that the grave of the first Covid-19 victim would be guarded.
