WALVIS BAY – More resources and personnel would be deployed to the Erongo region while private testing institutions will be contracted to clear up the current backlog of Covid-19 results at Walvis Bay. Information minister Peya Mushelenga yesterday announced that Cabinet has directed the health ministry to expedite the recruitment of additional health personnel to...
WALVIS BAY – Desperate employees of Seaflower Pelagic Processing plant at Walvis Bay on Wednesday appealed to President Hage Geingob to intervene and save their jobs by ordering the minister of fisheries, Albert Kawana, to reinstate their quota, so they can have their jobs back. Seaflower employs about 655, who all lost their jobs after...
WALVIS BAY – Health workers at Walvis Bay yesterday told a high-level government delegation they are understaffed and overworked due to the increasing Covid-19 infections at the harbour town. The health workers said they simply cannot cope with the intense and emotionally draining work of caring for patients, as both isolation and quarantine facilities are...
WALVIS BAY – Covid-19 has claimed three more lives at Walvis Bay, bringing the total number of deaths in the country to seven. Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula yesterday announced one fatality was reported at the state hospital, while another two at a private facility. They are all males, aged 49, 58 and 64. Shangula...
WALVIS BAY – Devastated by the coronavirus pandemic, Walvis Bay residents have made a desperate plea for help as more test positive for Covid-19, while hundreds are forced to self-isolate. The residents are urging top government officials, including health authorities, to visit the town to assess the havoc caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The virus...
WALVIS BAY – Three Dutch nationals were each granted bail of N$50 000 on Friday after they were arrested last week for illegally dumping fish in Namibian waters. The trio appeared in the Swakopmund Magistrate’s Court, as the Walvis Bay court was temporarily closed last week after a staff member tested positive for Covid-19. According...
WALVIS BAY – A Walvis Bay family, who recently lost a loved one to Covid-19, says there is absolutely no dignity – even in death – for those who lost their lives due to the virulent pandemic. According to the family, they are deeply saddened by events that played out at the coastal town this past...
WALVIS BAY – Education authorities late yesterday announced that grade 11 and 12 learners at Walvis Bay, Swakopmund and Arandis will no longer resume face-to-face classes today as earlier scheduled. Covid-19 cases have particularly skyrocketed at Walvis Bay over the last few weeks, with more than 1 000 positive cases recorded at the harbour town....
SWAKOPMUND – The Tsaseb family from Swakopmund will be allowed to attend their mother’s funeral this weekend in Otjiwarongo but they will be tested for Covid-19 and be placed in isolation if they test positive after the funeral. The family, led by Daniel Tsaseb, in an emotional protest last Friday, asked for intervention from the...
WALVIS BAY – A Russian man, who is part of 126 foreign crew that arrived via a chartered plane in Windhoek last Friday, tested positive for Covid-19. The fishing sector, according to Erongo health director Anna Jonas, is being allowed to quarantine foreign crew on vessels as long as they receive prior approval from the...