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Meatco suspends public visits to abattoirs
Meatco said it was suspending all educational tours and visits by the public to all its abattoirs with immediate effect. In a statement signed off by Meatco corporate communications, Rosa Hamukuaja-Thobias, the suspension was in response to the worldwide outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). “All Meatco Abattoir visits or tours are hereby suspended until 30 […]
Teacher’s union welcomes school closures to contain COVID-19
The Namibia National Teachers’ Union (Nantu) has welcomed the government’s decision to close all schools from Monday 16 March 2020 until 14 April 2020 to contain COVID-19 from spreading. The government announced on Sunday that all schools – public and private – should close after the announcement of the country’s first confirmed COVID-19 cases on […]
Namibian government orders all schools closed to contain COVID-19
All schools in Namibia will be closed with effect from Monday 16 March 2020 following an order given by president Hage Geiongob that bans all gatherings. The ban on gathering was made on Saturday after the health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula had announced Namibia’s first confirmed cases of COVID-19. Although the couple who tested positive […]
AirNam parks Frankfurt flights for 30 days
Air Namibia has announced the temporary suspension of the Windhoek – Frankfurt –Windhoek route effective today, Saturday 14 March 2020 for a period of 30 days. The Namibian National Airline said it is complying with the directive of the Namibian Head of State, Hage Geingob to the worldwide outbreak of the COVID-19. The SW285 (Windhoek […]
COVID-19 stops the NAMAs
MTC has announced the cancellation of the NAMA awards ceremony as the health ministry confirmed the presence of the deadly coronavirus in the country on Saturday. The event was scheduled to take place on the 27th of March 2020 and was estimated to bring together over 600 artists that entered for the 10th NAMAs. “The […]
Geingob cancels independence gig, upholds his inauguration
President Hage Geingob said Saturday that the planned 30th independence celebration that had been set for 21 March will not go on but his inauguration will be held at State House. Announcing a raft of stringent measures after health minister Dr Kalumbi Shanguila’s revelation of Namibia’s first two COVID-19 cases, Geingob said the money meant […]
Health ministry blunders on COVID-19 announcement
Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula Saturday morning said a couple from Spain had tested positive for COVID-19, but the Embassy of Spain in Namibia has denied that the two are their citizens. The case of the couple is Namibia’s first reported case and it has shaken the nation resulting in President Hage Geingob cancelling the […]
SPYL express concerns on state of COVID-19 preparedness
The Swapo Party Youth League (SPYL) has expressed serious concerns over the health ministry’s state of preparedness for the coronavirus, right in the heels of minister Kalumbi Shangula confirming the presence of two cases in Namibia. Here are some of SPYL’s concerns in a statement sent to the minister: 1. Visitors entering are not being […]
NUST suspends all international travel
The Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) has, with immediate effect, suspended all international travel by its staff and students as the coronavirus touches down in Namibia. Read the full statement below: In line with the NUST procedures and in support of the statement made by H.E President Hage Geingob on the confirmation of […]
No Covid19 in Namibia – Dr Shangula
Health Minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula said there are no Covid19 cases in Namibia. There were 9 suspected cases of which 8 turned out negative whereas 1 needs to arrive from Ondjokwe to Namibia Institute of Pathology (NIP). Two suspected cases were in Rehoboth, two from Luderitz and four from Windhoek Centres for Disease Control and […]