Category: Covid-19
The Covid-19 “break-through drug” is in Namibia – CDC
The steroid which has been considered a breakthrough and possible effective drug to deal with Corona Virus Dexamethasone, is available in the country, Centre for Disease Control’s chairperson, Dr. Eric Dziuban has told Eagle FM. According to reports, researchers…
Yoga For Hope, Yoga from Home
The rapid changes in today’s world due to the current situation of CoVID-19 pandemic has opened our eyes to the importance of managing positive physical and mental health. With the advances in medicine over the years, the types of ailments…
Ekanitho lyiilonga tali tala komalwaala goshipa
Okwa lopotwa puna omahangano ngoka ooyene yago aatiligane, taya kutha miilonga aanilonga aaludhe noku kalekamo aatiligane ooyakwawo. Eagle FM etiyali oyayi moonkundathana na Labor Executive Director Bro Mathew Shinguandja shinasha noolopota ndhika, nokwati uuministeli wo labour owuna oolopota dhaagandji yiilonga…
Unfair for colleges to ask for full tuition – Kandjii-Murangi
Higher education minister Itah Kandjii-Murangi has said that it is not fair for private tertiary institutions to demand full tuition fees from students who would have not been on campus due to the lockdown. Kandjii-Murangi also said the economic climate…
4 Swakopmund high school pupils in quarantine
The health ministry said Monday that four students from the Swakopmund Secondary School are in quarantine at the Namib High School after they showed flu-like symptoms. In a statement dated 8 June 2020 and from the executive director, the ministry…
Important guidelines for Erongo 14-day lockdown
1. When will the lockdown come into force? 1.1 The lockdown will begin at 23:59 on Monday 08 June 2020 until 23:59 on 22 June 2020. 1.2 The lockdown will remain in force for 14 days, an observance period equivalent…
Govt committed to restarting the economy
The government is committed to restarting our economy but this cannot be achieved if the virus is spreading from person to person, community to community, President Hage Geingob said Monday. Speaking during a press conference ar State House where he…
Namibia ends lockdown on 4 May, enforces facemasks
Namibia will end the nationwide lockdown on 4 May 2020 but will make the wearing of facemasks outside the home mandatory. In an address to the nation on Thursday, President Hage Geigon said that although it is very important to…
SSC launches the employment and salary protection scheme
Namibia Finance minister Ipumbu Shiimi together with the Social Security chief executive Milka Mungunda launched the National Employment and Salary Protection Scheme for Covid-19 on Monday in Windhoek. Mungunda said before this launch, they considered the following: Assessment of comparative…
Namibia locked into 10 zones and 69 checkpoints
Home affairs minister Farns Kapofi said Namibia’s 14 regions have been clustered into 10 zones, comprising 69 lockdown points between zones, to give impetus to the countrywide lockdown as indicated in the Deployment Plan. The lockdown checkpoints will be established…