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Foreign sailor with Covid isolated on vessel
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Foreign sailor with Covid isolated on vessel

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...

Crew allowed to be quarantined on ships
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Crew allowed to be quarantined on ships

WALVIS BAY – Erongo health director Anna Jonas says they will allow the fishing sector to quarantine foreign crew on vessels, as long as they receive prior approval from the relevant authorities and is tested for Covid.Jonas responded to the issue raised on Friday by unions and seafarers, who were concerned after 127 foreign crewmembers...

‘I had big dreams for my son’
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‘I had big dreams for my son’

WALVIS BAY – Family and loved ones bade farewell to the 20-month-old toddler Fillipus Nafimane who was the only casualty in the devastating Twaloloka fire at Walvis Bay on Sunday.  Several residents attended the burial at the Kuisebmond cemetery yesterday morning. His father Mandla Nafimane had earlier told New Era that his son died while...