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Namibia: Schools Temporarily Shut Down After Over 500 Pupils Contract Covid-19
New Era, 8 June 2021
As many as 527 learners and 165 teachers have tested positive for Covid-19 countrywide and are currently in isolation, education ministry executive director Sanet Steenkamp… Read more »
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Namibia: Hospitals Overwhelmed
Namibian, 3 June 2021
THE Ministry of Health and Social Services has summoned reinforcement from other regions to assist Khomas and created more space as Windhoek hospitals continue being overwhelmed… Read more »
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Namibia: State Hospitals Run Out of Oxygen
Namibian, 2 June 2021
THE government is facing a critical shortage of lifesaving oxygen at state hospitals due to the collapse of the oxygen generating systems at health facilities countrywide. Read more »
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Namibia: Three State House Officials Die After Contracting Covid-19
Namibian, 2 June 2021
Three statehouse employees have succumbed to Covid-19. This was confirmed by press secretary Alfredo Hengari on Wednesday morning. Read more »
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Namibia: Covid-19 Ban Hampers Sport
Namibian, 2 June 2021
Several sport codes have been affected by the government's recent ban on contact sport due to Covid-19, with various local and international events being put on hold forthwith. Read more »
Namibia's Healthcare on Brink of Collapse as Covid-19 Cases Surge
Namibian hospitals are at full capacity, the health ministry said as the southern African nation battles a surge in Covid-19 cases. Meanwhile, the government is facing a critical shortage of lifesaving oxygen at state hospitals due to the collapse of the oxygen generating systems at health facilities countrywide.
As at June 4, 2021, Namibia had 56,981 confirmed cases, including 51,177 recoveries and 877 deaths. To date, more than 70,585 people have received their first dose, but only 10,000 have been fully vaccinated.
InFocus
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Ending the Covid-19 pandemic is a solvable problem - but it requires global action - now! That is the urgent message from the heads of four multinational organizations: the ... Read more »
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Just weeks after Namibian President Hage Geingob told the World Health Organization (WHO) that "vaccine apartheid" presented a growing risk of worsening the pandemic across Africa, ... Read more »
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the doses are needed in the next six weeks as second doses to all who received the first dose. This is to ensure the follow-up treatments ... Read more »
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The Namibian government says it has not yet established whether it will explore testing for the new variant of the novel coronavirus despite the Centres for Disease Control and ... Read more »
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Speaking during the latest Covid-19 briefing at State House, Namibian President Hage Geingob said he has observed "with great concern that Namibians are not following the Covid-19 ... Read more »
