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The Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), which was recently detected in some parts of the Zambezi region, is fast spreading to other areas. 

Fishing industry bosses accompanied by the sector’s minister Derek Klazen on Thursday got vaccinated in an effort to encourage employees to follow suit at Walvis Bay.

Correctional facilities countrywide have been placed on lockdown in an attempt to mitigate the spread of Covid-19 within the facilities. 

During the last ‘family meeting’, President Hage Geingob announced amended regulations at the end of June to curb the spread of Covid-19, which has unleashed a deadly third wave of infections.

As the world reached four million Covid-19-related deaths last Thursday, Namibia crossed the unwelcome milestone of over 100 000 positive cases on that day. 

A male police officer was assaulted by four women related to a suspect he attempted to arrest for a stock theft case on Saturday. 

Police in the //Kharas region say those attending funerals are the main transgressors of the regulations ratified to curb the spread of Covid-19, while warning residents who ignore the curfew that they may face heavy fines or imprisonment.  

Informal traders at the Okuryangava Stop n Shop market say they are disturbed by the actions of the City Police, who confiscated their products while they try to make an honest living.

A 35-year-old man died on Friday afternoon at Walvis Bay when he fell from a garbage truck.

Car rental owners have accused Profile Car Hire of owing them more than N$400 000 for using their vehicles to carry out the Namibian Statistics Agency (NSA) Mapping and Pilot Census between November last year and April this year.