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34 CHILDREN VACCINATED THUS FAR
Ludorf Iyambo Only 34 children have been vaccinated thus far, one month after the Ministry of Health and Social Services expanded its vaccination legibility to children and adolescents aged 12-17 years. The statistics show that 15 children aged 12-13 and 19 aged between 14-17 have been jabbed with the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine. […]
OMICRON FORCES CENTRAL HOSPITAL TO SHUT REFERRALS EARLY
Justicia Shipena Windhoek Central State Hospital has suspended all non-emergency referrals from regions to the hospital a week earlier than it is supposed to in preparation for the festive season. The hospital superintendent, Dawid Uirab, said that the spike in new Covid-19 infections had influenced the earlier closure. “Usually, every year mid-December, the referrals […]
Namibia to cough up millions for future Covid-19 vaccine doses
Officials at the health ministry have said Namibia is set to cough out between N$26million toN$29 million for future vaccine doses while other countries are being financially assisted to do so. This is but a 15% upfront payment of the total that is needed. This is just to secure vaccine dozes so that once the […]
N$113,5m raised for Covid-19
The Office of the Prime Minister says the private sector, individuals and public enterprises contributed N$113,5m for the fight against Covid-19. Among those who contributed are 122 individuals, 49 private sector entities and three trade unions. The highest private-sector contributor is B2Gold that put in N$34m, Investec Asset Management (Now Ninety-One) put in N$5m, FNB […]
Namibia loses N$9.4b in taxes because of Covid-19
President Hage Geingob declared a state of emergency in March when Namibia reported its index Covid-19 cases. Since then, the country has been on lockdown resulting in a number of companies shutting down and laying off workers. Figures obtained by the finance ministry shows that the total tax revenue loss was N$9 393 billion, which […]
11 million girls may never get back to school due to Covid-19- UNESCO
UNESCO Director-General, Audrey Azoulay, has said that due to Covid-19 some school-going children have been reported missing while an estimated 11 million girls may never get back to school. A new alarming statistic from UNICEF shows that at least 24 million schoolchildren are expected to drop out of school due to Covid-19. The Organisation has […]
Covid-19 scuttles parliamentary activities – Katjavivi
Speaker of the National Assembly, Prof. Peter Katjavivi says the Covid 19 pandemic has severely disrupted outreach activities of the parliament. Katjavivi said this when he met the deputy minister of Information and Communication Technology, Emma Theofelus on Wednesday. The Speaker noted that outreach activities are one of the ways parliament has been reaching the […]
Covid-19 now in Windhoek central prison
Covid-19 is now in the Windhoek central prison where health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula said they have recorded 13 cases. The 13 cases are part of Windhoek’s 72 cases recorded in the past 24 hours. This is the first time that Covid-19 has been reported in the Windhoek Correctional Facility after some cases at Walvis […]
I-Care withdraws trainee nurses from Windhoek hospital after Covid-19 scare
I-Care Health Training Institute has withdrawn its students from Windhoek health centres following the quarantining of six trainees exposed to Covid-19 cases at Katutura Intermediate Hospital and Windhoek Central Hospital. The institute’s director Johannes George told Eagle FM Saturday that four were at Katutura Intermediate Hospital and two others were at the Central Hospital. George […]
Covid-19 reaches all corners of Namibia
Namibia’s Covid-19 cases are climbing with Friday’s announcement of 182 cases spread across the country. Currently, Namibia is using the Namibia Institute of Pathology, Unam laboratories, Namdeb and Pathcare for testing Covid-19 samples. Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula said 97 are women and 85 are men all aged between one year and 85 years. The […]