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The coronavirus or Covid-19, which World Health Organisation (WHO) declared a global health pandemic on 11 February 2020, rapidly spread across most countries of the world.

The Popular Democratic Movement has called on government to re-evaluate its protocol and to start testing for Covid-19 on a larger scale as a matter of urgency. 

The Presidency has defended its decision to exclude some media houses from a media briefing at State House last week. 

OMUTHIYA – Swapo Oshikoto regional coordinator Armas Amukwiyu has implored Namibians to unite in the fight against Covid-19, saying all those with resources should assist others who are unable to fend for themselves.

WALVIS BAY – Residents especially those in Kuisebmond and Mondesa are still giving the law enforcement agencies grey hair when it comes to adhering to the lockdown measures. 

Embattled Okahandja local authority councillors have asked new urban and rural development minister Erastus Uutoni to set aside their suspensions within five days.

ONATHINGE – The family of the late Gerhard Simeon (69), who with his daughter and grandchildren died in an accident, is in limbo on how to bury their dead.

Country director of Namibia sex workers alliance Rachel Love Gawases said although the Covid-19 lockdown impedes their finances, it is essential Namibian sex workers look at this with  a critical eye and understand the lockdown from a holistic manner, rather than from a monetary perspective. 

Lufthansa has since Monday repatriated close to 1 200 passengers back to Germany from Namibia, due to the global Covid-19 outbreak.

WALVIS BAY – Namibia Ports Authority (Namport) heeded government’s call to combat the spreading of Covid-19 by donating medical supplies to the containerised field hospital that is currently under construction at the Walvis Bay State Hospital.