Category: Covid-19
Health practitioner, teacher Namibia’s latest Covid-19 victims
A health practitioner and a teacher are the latest victims of Covid-19 in Namibia, according to the health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula. The two cases bring the total number of infected people in Namibia to 16. Dr Shangula announced this on…
Covid-19 situation in Africa worries Xi Jinping
Chinese president Xi Jinping told president Hage Geingob that he is very concerned about the current situation in Africa regarding Covid-19. The two leaders spoke via phone on Friday. Covid-19 that has since across the world started in China’s Wuhan…
Covid-19: Nation needs to be upgrade – Mushelenga
Information minister Dr Peya Mushelenga said it is important that the nation should be kept updated regarding the Covid-19 situation in the country. Mushelenga said this when he spoke during the official opening of the Covid-19 command centre in Windhoek…
Covid-19 command centre in full swing
The information and health ministries have launched a national command centre to disseminate information about Covid-19 daily. The centre was launched Thursday in Windhoek and is based at then Khomas regional council offices. Other ministries involved are finance, trade,…
Namibia government tables COVID-19 economic stimulus
Finance minister Iipumbu Shiimi’s statement on COVID-19 economic stimulus 1. The Government of the Republic of Namibia is acutely conscious of the significant negative economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak on economy, businesses and households. 2. The longer…
COVID-19 cases in Namibia rise to 13
Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula said Namibia now has 13 confirmed COVID-19 cases. Addressing the nation from State House on Wednesday in Windhoek, Dr Shanguka said there were 306 suspected. Of these cases, he said, 150 were tested at the…
38 arrested for contravening state of emergency
Thirty-eight were arrested fined in the past two days for contravening regulation 11 of the state of emergency. Namibia is under a state of emergency in the wake of the COVID-19 that has since affected 11 people. Among those arrested…
Geingob calls for calm as lockdown enters day 2
President Hage Geingob on Sunday appealed for calm and called for solidarity to defeat collectively the scourge of COVID-19. Geingob announced the plan to lock down the two regions last week on Tuesday after the country had recorded seven cases…
COVID-19 forces Namibia to lockdown two regions
Former health minister Benhard Haufiku to lead the COVID-19 team Namibia has closed borders with Angola, Botswana, South Africa and Zambia as the country’s coronavirus confirmed cases rises to seven. President Hage Geingob announced the border closures Tuesday at State…
Namibia COVID-19 cases now seven
Namibia has confirmed the 7th case of coronavirus. The health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula announced the confirmed case during a press briefing at State House where President Hage Geingob revealed that Cabinet had decided to lockdown Khomas and Erongo regions….