Category: Covid-19
Namibia to shorten quarantine period
Namibia will shorten the quarantine period by giving people a single test for the coronavirus on the seventh day of the quarantine, and if it is negative, then the quarantine can end. This comes as Namibia adopts a third-tier quarantine…
‘No one can pass on Covid-19 after 10 days of symptoms disappearance’
New evidence shows that no one can infect another person with Covid-19 after 10 days of infection if their symptoms have gone away. Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula said this Friday in Windhoek during a press conference when he announced…
Otashi vulika aakengeleli ya pitile monkalo yOtwaloloka
Opolisi yo moshilongo oya gandja elondodho koshigwana, uunene kaa kalimo yo komudhingoloko gOtwaloloka mOmbaye moshitopolwa Erongo, tashi vulika aakengeleledhi ya pitile moshiponga shomulilo shoka sha holoka kOmbaye osoondaha. Omupopiliko gopolisi, Deputy Commissioner Kauna Shikwambi, okwa popi no Eagle FM etitatu…
Germany lists Namibia as Covid-19 high-risk destination
Germany has listed Namibia as one of the high-risk coronavirus destinations that should avoided by tourists, according to the German publication Online Focus. Eagle FM runs the story below: Many spend their vacation this year at home or at least…
Councillor says no need for health minister to visit Erongo
Walvis Bay rural constituency councillor Johannes Nangolo has said that there is no need for health minister Kalumbi Shangula coming to the coast as coronavirus-related deaths stand at four. There has been a call by some Walvis Bay residents as…
Etumo lyasoomi lyagwanitha omivo 150
Ongeleka ya ELCIN moshilongo oya dhimbulukwa omivo 150 dhetumo komukunda Omandongo, moshikandjohogololo Onayena moshitopolwa Oshikoto osoondaha. Shika osha landula kasoomi mboka yeeta etumo lyotango mowambo noya thikile pomukunda Omandongo muuyanda wegumbo lyomukwanilwa Shikongo shaKalulu. Omasiku sho gali 9 July 1870,…
Govt urged to launch Covid-19 operation preparedness
The government needs to launch operation preparedness to address access to sanitation in informal settlements during this time of Covid-19 as a matter of urgency. This, the PDM leader Mchenry Venaani told the national executive committee members of his party…
Aalongwa yomoondondo dhopetameko 0-3 grades oya tameke ootundi etiyali
Shika osha landula kefudho lyooskola lyeetithwa koshikumungu sho Covid-19 ndjoka ya lopotwa moshilongo petameko lya Maalitsa nuumvo, nooskola odhali dhapata, noshikondo shelongo osheetapo omuthaneko goku gandja iinyangadhalwa yaalongwa ya kwathelwe kaavali yawo komagumbo pethimbo lyefudho. Eagle FM oya talelepo oskola…
Mnangagwa sacks testkits scandal accused health minister
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has stripped Health minister Obadiah Moyo off his cabinet post “for conduct inappropriate for a government minister.” This comes after Moyo was recently arrested over a scandal surrounding the procurement of coronavirus tests and equipment. Moyo,66, was…
NIP still incapable of national mass-testing – Uirab
The chief executive officer of the Namibia Institute of Pathology (NIP), Dr David Uirab, has said they still are not capable of mass-testing the rest of Namibia amidst rising Corona Virus cases with statistics now above half a thousand. This…