First COVID-19 death

Confirmed COVID-19 Cases # INFECTED: 667 # ACTIVE: 642 # DECEASED: 1 # RECOVERED: 25 # TESTED: 12,789 116 days after the first confirmed corona case in Namibia, the virus claimed its first death victim. As Health Minister Kalumbi Shangula announced today, it is a...

Travel ban for coastal cities

Confirmed COVID-19 Cases # INFECTED: 539 # ACTIVE: 514 # DECEASED: 0 # RECOVERED: 25 # TESTED: 11,834 Since 00.00 today, residents of Walvis Bay, Swakopmund and Arandis are not allowed to leave their town. Visiting these towns is also prohibited. This was announced by...

Number of new corona cases increasing

Confirmed COVID-19 Cases # INFECTED: 45 # ACTIVE: 26 # DECEASED: 0 # RECOVERED: 19 # TESTED: 6,514 Namibia’s health authorities have registered 13 new cases of corona infection since Wednesday. According to Health Minister Kalumbi Shangula, the source of the...

Truck driver ignores quarantine

COVID-19 Cases in Namibia # IDENTIFIED INFECTED: 21 # ACTIVE: 7 # DECEASED: 0 # RECOVERED: 14 # NEW: 2 The number of confirmed infections in Namibia is now 21. The Minister of Health and Social Services, Kalumbi Shangula, announced two new cases over the weekend. As...

Headlines – 23 to 27 April

+++ 27/04 – Now it’s official: The editor-in-chief of the Allgemeine Zeitung, Stefan Fischer, leaves Namibia with his family and moves to Austria +++ 27/04 – Van Zyl’s pass in northwestern Namibia has recently been blocked by a car wreck, making it even...