The World Health Organisation (WHO) has named the new coronavirus variant first reported in South Africa this week as “Omicron”. South Africa reported the new variant of the virus causing Covid-19 to the WHO on Wednesday (24 November), while countries like Botswana, Israel and Hong Kong recorded cases soon after. “This variant has a large […]
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The Ministry of Health and Social Services received N$11 million worth of COVID-19 medical equipment from the Bank of Namibia (BoN) recently. The donation contained a list of medical equipment as well as the construction of an oxygen plant in the Zambezi Region and the refiling of an existing plant in Rehoboth. Governor of the
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12 November 2021 Wearing a surgical mask securely fitted over his nose and mouth, Frans Nambinga, a nurse at Namibia’s Windhoek Central Hospital, carefully marked down tips on triage and signs a patient may require intubation, as he was taking notes during a two-week-long training given by the UK- Emergency Medical Team (UK-EMT) visiting the
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