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Covid-19: Second wave hits Namibia - Health

17 December 2020 | Health HEADACHE: Over the last seven days, Namibia has recorded an average of 200 cases per day. PHOTO: File JEMIMA BEUKES WINDHOEK Following a surge in Covid-19 cases in the country, particularly in the Khomas Region, the health ministry has restationed the military hospital from the Hosea Kutako International Airport to support the Windhoek Central Hospital. This was confirmed by health ministry executive director Ben Nangombe, who said the Covid-19 situation has escalated drastically – to the point that they are dealing with 24 critically ill patients at a time. This comes at a time when health professionals are complaining that hospitals are overcrowded, with Covid-19 afflicted people streaming in daily.

1m Covid vaccine doses coming soon - Health

17 December 2020 | Health ON ITS WAY: Namibia has recently joined the Covax Facility to procure the Covid-19 vaccine. Photo: NAMPA/Reuters JEMIMA BEUKES WINDHOEK Namibia is likely to be one of the first recipients of the Covid-19 vaccine, which is expected to reach our shores early next year, health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula said yesterday. The country recently joined the Covax Facility to procure the vaccine and has since signed a committed purchase agreement with the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation. According to Shangula, Cabinet has already approved the ministry’s costed vaccine introduction plan and community engagement and communication strategy, aimed at 20% of the population - roughly 508 200 people.

Medical students aggrieved over Covid case - Health

15 December 2020 | Health AGGRIEVED: A student at the University of Namibia s School of Medicine has tested positive for Covid-19. Photo: FILE HENRIETTE LAMPRECHT WINDHOEK The University of Namibia s School of Medicine (SOM) is negotiating with aggrieved fifth-year medical students about a proposal to move their exams to next year. This after a student tested positive for Covid-19 in the north of the country, where the student doctors were placed at the Onandjokwe and Oshakati state hospitals. The students claim that their infected peer wrote an exam with them and shared accommodation facilities and an exam room, thus exposing them. The university’s spokesperson, John Haufiku, however, denied that the students were intentionally made to write along with the infected student.

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