SITREP 98


SITREP 98



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Ministry of Health and Social Services
Republic of Namibia
OWrorgladnizHaetailotnh
NAMIBIA
Outbreak Name
Date & Time of
this report
Prepared by
COVID-19 outbreak
24.06.2020
22:15 hrs
Surveillance Team
Country affected
Investigation start
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1. HIGHLIGHTS/SITUATION UPDATE (As of 24/06/2020)
Namibia
13 March 2020
Death
0
>» On 22 June 2020, His Excellency, The President of the Republic of Namibia announced that the
country (with exception of some Local Authority Areas in Erongo region), will migrate to stage 4 of
the lockdown (effective from midnight, 29 June 2020 -17 September 2020)
> Stage 3 restrictions will be imposed on Walvis Bay, Swakopmund, and Arandis Local Authority
Areas (effective from midnight 22 June 2020 until midnight 06 July 2020).
Today (24.06.2020) 25 new cases were reported from Khomas (2) and Erongo (23) region.
In total, Namibia reported 102 COVID-19 cases and 21 recoveries with 0 deaths.
Sixty-one 61 (59.8%) cases are local transmissions while 41 (40.2%) are imported.
Cumulatively, twenty (20) cases were identified during active case search.
No death has been recorded, thus case fatality rate is 0%
Seven regions are affected with Erongo reporting the highest number of cases; 62 (63.7%).
More women 55 (54%) are affected compared to men 47 (46.1%).
Most cases (75.5%) are between the age group 20 and 49.
Of the 25 cases reported today; 6 are symptomatic while 19 are asymptomatic.
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2. Epidemiological Situation in Namibia
Information on confirmed cases are available on Namibia’s COVID-19 dashboard at
https://cutt.ly/Covid-19-situation-Namibia
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Figure 1. Distribution of confirmed covid-19 cases in namibia by region as of 24 June 2020
Since 14 March 2020, when the COVID-19 outbreak was declared in Namibia, a total of 102
cases have been confirmed. Seven (7) regions have so far been affected, of which Erongo
region recorded the highest number of cases; 65 (63.7%) while Zambezi and Ohangwena
recorded the least 1 (0.98%) .
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Figure 2. Epi-curve for confirmed covid-19 cases as of 24 June 2020
Namibia recorded its cases of COVID-19 during the epidemiological weeks displayed in
figure 2 above. Most, 42 (41.2%) of the cases were recorded in week 26.
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As presented in figure 3 above, more female cases; 55 (54%) were recorded; compared to
male cases 47 (46%).
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3. SURVEILLANCE ACTIVITIES
e Call centre continue operations for 24 hours every day; 2232 calls were
answered at the hotline today (24.06.2020), with 12 alerts investigated.
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3.1. CONTACT TRACING SUMMARY
Table 1: National contacts tracing summary for COVID-19 as of 24 June 2020
Total Number of contactlsisted
low up(potential)
As of 24 June 2020, a total of 955 contacts of confirmed cases have been identified. A total of
603 contacts have completed their 14 days of follow up, and 94 active contacts were monitored
today (Table 1).
Table 2: Number of people in mandatory quarantine facilities as of 24 June 2020
Kunene
Kavango
Qshaun
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Oshikoto
As of 24 June 2020, a total of 3643 persons have been placed into supervised quarantine
facilities around the country. Of the total, 2837 have been discharged and 806 are currently
quarantined (Table 2).
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3.2, LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS
Table 3: COVID-19 specimens recorded at NIP and Path care Laboratories as of 24 June 2020
Total sample re-tested
Total negative results
Invalid results
Total new suspected cases in last 24 hours
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As of 24 June 2020, a total of 7969 (including 729 re-tested) COVID-19 specimens have been
tested in the two laboratories (NIP and Path Care) as per Table 3 below:
4, POINTS OF ENTRY
e Screening of incoming travellers and inspection of trucks at points of entry and
check points are ongoing.
e Daily reporting on ground crossing transports at all designated Points of Entry is
ongoing (Table 4)
Table 4. Distribution of incoming truck drivers by country of departure and destination regions on
24 June 2020
//Kharas
Otjozondjupa
Ohangwena
Kunene
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Oshikoto
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e The majority 297 (82%) of the truck drivers departed from South Africa to various
regions. The largest number of truck drivers were heading to Khomas 169 (46.7%).
5. COUNTRY COORDINATION, PLANNING AND MONITORING:
e Plans are under way for integrated support visits to other regions (Zambezi,
Kavango, Ohangwena, Omusati, Kunene, and Oshana region).
e Preparatory work for the Health Development Partners virtual; meeting was held
on 24 June 2020. A template has been shared with pillar leads for inputs.
6. CASE MANAGEMENT:
e Out ofthe 102 cumulative confirmed cases, 21 have recovered after testing negative
twice for COVID-19 at 48 hours’ interval.
e Ofthe 81 active cases, 1 is still in ICU and is clinically stable. His clinical condition
continues to emprove.
e Implementation of the 4" version of Case Management SOPs.
e Establishment of support capacity strengthening measures.
7, INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL:
e IPC activities are ongoing:
o Distribution of PPE according to the Regional plans.
o Monitoring of IPC in health facilities
8. LOGISTICS:
e Facilitation of the allocation of quarantine facilities around the country and
transportation of discharged people from quarantine facilities is ongoing.
e Sourcing, procuring, receiving and distributing commodities.
e Updating commitment and stock registers daily.
e Distributed medical commodities (suction machines and ventilators) to Erongo
region.

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9. CHALLENGES:
e Inadequate isolation units at health facilities in the regions.
e Inadequate PPE
e Inadequate nasopharyngeal swabs and appropriate transport media.
10. RECOMMENDATIONS AND WAY FORWARD:
e Establish fully equipped isolation units at health facilities in the regions.
e Logistics pillar to continue with the procurement and distribution of sufficient PPE
to the regions to ensure that response is not interrupted.
e NIP to continue sourcing for swabs and appropriate transport media.
Approved:
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Incident Manager
Date: 24 June 2020
Secretariat
For enquiries, please contact
Namibia Public Health Emergency Operations Centre;
Email: PHEOC@mhss.gov.na
Hotline Toll-free: 0800 100 100
Hotline Whatsapp: 085 1100 100
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