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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 Sunday when he presented the daily update on Covid-19 in Namibia. According to Dr Shangula, […]
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 late last year. The epidemic has, however, slowed down in China where it infected 81 […]
Pohamba’s son in custody for gender-based violence
Former president Hifikepunye Pohamba’s son Hamukoto appeared in the Windhoek Magistrate’s Court in Katutura on allegations of assaulting his wife on Thursday. The 41-year-old is also facing charges of malicious damage to property after he hurled a brick at the bakkie his wife Albertina Ndishishi was driving in the city centre. The charges are read […]
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 on Thursday. The Covid-19 command centre is based at the Khomas regional council offices. The […]
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, justice, labour, agriculture whose officials will be called upon to give information. The Editors Forum […]
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 the outbreak and the health containment measures, the deeper and longer the economic contraction and […]
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 Namibia Institute of Pathology and 156 were sent to Pathcare and forwarded to South Africa. […]
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 were four bartenders. Twenty-one and two bartenders were arrested in the Zambezi Region, while in […]
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 of COVID-19. Namibia currently has 11 confirmed cases. Geingob, who visited some parts of Windhoek […]
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 House in Windhoek during a media briefing. Geingob also announced that Cabinet had decided to […]