Omuthiya — The Vienna sausage containing listeria that sickened a 47-year-old man in Tsumeb over two weeks ago in the first case of the disease reported in Namibia since the deadly outbreak in South Africa, was supplied from a butchery in Grootfontein.
This was revealed by the director of health in Oshikoto Region, Peter Angala, who said they had established the source of the meat product but he could not confirm whether it was imported from South Africa where the outbreak has so far claimed almost 200 lives.
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