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RUNDU - The police in Kavango East has beefed up border enforcement to prevent a potential Covid-19 outbreak from illegal immigrants entering the country. Two boats are being used to patrol the Namibia-Angola border along the Okavango River

OMUTHIYA - Omuthiya informal traders will have to wait for few more days until the town’s open market is revamped to a better standard.

OMUTHIYA - Good Samaritans continue to lend a helping hand by donating food parcels to the less privileged as part of the response to combat Covid-19.

Rundu – To curb the further spread of the novel Covid-19 pandemic, founder of Ngato Vocational Training Centre (VTC) Fernando Kaushiwetu and his students recently developed a locally-made handwashing instrument to sanitize hands.

Poultry farmers in Omusati region are appealing for the authorities to come to their rescue in supporting them by buying their products that were readily prepared for the Omagongo Cultural Festival, which has been called off indefinitely due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Cabinet order that starting Tuesday everyone should wear a face mask when in public is receiving attention but many people are still without these compulsory masks. 

It is with a profound sense of sadness that I learnt of the loss of a dear friend and Comrade, Ferdinand Meroro, during the early morning hours of 1st May 2020.

Government intends to roll out a mass production of facemasks, as Namibians return to work this morning following the lapsing of the stage 1 lockdown period. 

The ministry of health yesterday said it has traced at least 18  people who had contacts with a Namibian truck driver who  initially tested positive and later negative in Zambia at the weekend. 

A former presidential candidate and traditional leader Frans Migub /Goagoseb will appear in the Gobabis Magistrate’s Court today following his arrest last week for allegedly assaulting a transgender woman.