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The government plans to increase the isolation bed capacity to 2 024 to address the overflowing number of patients in hospitals amid the continuing surge in cases, health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula said yesterday.

Omukulunhuwiliki mouminsteli wouhaku Ben Nangombe ota ti ovanyasha vahapu ova didilikwa itave li ufa komilandu edi da tulwa po doCovid-19.

Ehangano lokuyandja omikuli loTrifain Shipo ola yandja oikulya komaumbo e li 10 omoshikandjohoololo shaEtayi, moshitukulwa shaMusati.

Kakukutu komatanga opolifi yaNamibia Lieutenant General Sebastian Ndeitunga ota ti oshikondo shopolifi osha taalela omhumbwe yoikwafifo yoCovid-19 ngaashi omanyala, eefewa, nosho tuu.

Omalelo ge li gane goondoolopa oga ndopa okugandja uuyelele nomishangwa dha uka komuyalulindjayi gwepangelo Junias Kandjeke nkene ga longitha oshimaliwa sha adha poomiliona N$213.

Petrol and diesel prices will increase by 40 cents per litre by next week Wednesday. This means the fuel pump prices in Walvis Bay will become N$13.55 per litre for petrol and N$13.58 per litre for diesel, with prices across the rest of the country being adjusted accordingly. 

In adopting the principle of pre-allocation of land, Mayor of Windhoek Job Amupanda recently stated the city has planted a seed of allocating land, which he said is currently being planned, and subsequently cleared and demarcated. 

Two of Namibia’s biggest life insurance companies, Sanlam and Old Mutual, also moved quickly to reassure clients that they will continue to be covered without any specific vaccine exclusions.

A 19-year-old girl from Zambezi region is about to drop out of the University of Namibia where she is pursuing a degree in education, due to lack of funds. 

Fire crews in Katima Mulilo scrambled to extinguish a fire at the house of Kabbe North councillor Bernard Sisamu on Monday evening.