11 May 2021 | Health
FEELING THE PINCH: Business people in the north want government to lift Covid-19 regulations.
Photo: Tuyeimo Haidula
TUYEIMO HAIDULA
OSHAKATI
Veikko Haimbodi, the former chairman of the Ongwediva arm of the Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry, says government should lift the Covid-19 regulations as they are hindering business operations.
He said the pandemic has been disrupting businesses for over a year and while they hoped to recover from the damage, the curfew is not assisting the situation.
“As it stands, the recovered cases are increasing, but businesses remain closed. They [government] should encourage people to go and get their vaccinations and business can remain open,” he said.
JEMIMA BEUKES
WINDHOEK
Health minister Dr Kalumbi Shangula says the ministry is addressing oxygen challenges being experienced at some hospitals, as the country seems to be edging closer to a new surge in Covid-19 cases.
On Saturday, Namibia recorded a new record of 341 new cases. Of these, 100 were from the Khomas Region alone.
Nine days ago, the highest number of daily new Covid-19 cases stood at 174.
Health professionals at some of Windhoek’s Covid-19 testing facilities say they have witnessed a sudden spike in the number of cases in the last 96 hours and more and more people are arriving at these centres “very sick”.