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Air Namibia, as a member of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), does not support social distancing protocols on its aircraft as this would leave its ‘middle seats’ empty and result in the cost of air-tickets becoming costly.

A police investigation is underway after a 25-year-old man committed suicide shortly after assaulting two nurses at the Katutura state hospital on Friday morning. Jason Tuhafeni committed suicide by hanging himself in one of the hospital wards. 

The World Health Assembly has designated 2020 as the year of nurses and midwives. A year-long effort to celebrate the work of Nurses and Midwives, highlight the challenging conditions they often face and advocate for increased investments in the nursing and midwifery workforce.

Names, especially among indigenous African people, denote identity, carry cultural and contextual meanings, and represent in some instances, ethical, moral and educational values. 

The Roads Authority (RA) has confirmed all Namibia Traffic Information System (NaTIS) offices countrywide were reopened yesterday. However, it emphasised that it is of utmost importance for all NaTIS visitors to comply with the directives of social distancing by avoiding large crowds at the offices and to ensure all hygiene interventions are in place.

!NAMIǂNÛS – Marco ǁAu!khōs ge ǀgūǁae ǁîs tsîna ǁnān hîa ra Covid-19 ǁōs !nâ huiba māna ǁhao tsî !nona tongu di !khoahâ ǁ­aun tsî corona xxoros !oagu ǁ­khaubasens huisenūxūn tsîna ge mā. Marcos ge ǁKharas ǀkharisi ǀawemā!nansa a mān ge: !omn !anu-ūxūn, sîsenai!khaiga !anu-

Noxopan ge ǀgam Namibiaǁîn hîa ge corona xoxoros !oagu positifse !âihe hâ ina nē ­ǁōsa xu ge ǂuru tsî !hūb !gôab ǂuru ge khoen diba 11 kōse go sī-ū. Nēs ra ǂâibasens ge, ǁnā ǁawoǁawosa 16 khoen hîa Covid-19 ǀkhan nēsis kōsena xun 11 khoena ge ǂurusa tsîn nēsin koron ǀguina noxopa ǀae!khōs !naka hâsa. Nēsis kōse-i ge noxopa ǀgui khoe-i tsîna Namibiab !nâ Covid-19 ǁ­ōs xa ûiba ge ǂoa!nâse !nurisa tama hâ.

!Gôab ǀhubuǀhubusenxūna sîsenūs dib ge ra ǂharo, Covid-19 ǁōs di ǁkhaubas ǁgaragu ases ǂauxûiba sîsenūsa a ǂkhāsa ǁaeb nēb !nâ. Nē mâsiban ge Namibiab ǀAwa!namna tsēkorobe ra !hara tsî nē ǂâiǂhansens ǀkha ǂnôa. !Hoaǂkhaib !nân ge mâtikō ǀhubuǀhubusenxūna khoena xu a ūs di !nuribas gere mā soab ais ge ǀawa!namn ǀhûs di mîgowaba-aos, Kauna Shikwambisa ǀhûhâsigu khoena gere hōhō!nâ,

Chinese ambassador to Namibia Zhang Yiming has reiterated that since the outbreak of the Covid-19 outbreak in Wuhan, the People’s Republic of China has been transparent about the first cluster of virus cases and acted swiftly to contain the pandemic.

Two more Namibians who tested positive for coronavirus have recovered from the disease, bringing the total number of recoveries to 11 in the country.