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Ministry of Health and Social Services
Republic of Namibia
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NAMIBIA
Outbreak Name
Date & Time of
this report
Prepared by
COVID-19 outbreak
25.06.2020
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1. HIGHLIGHTS/SITUATION UPDATE (As of 25/06/2020)
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» 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 are mandatory to Walvis Bay, Swakopmund, and Arandis Local Authority Areas
(effective from 23H59 of 22 June 2020 until 23H59 of 06 July 2020).
Today (25.06.2020) 4 new cases were reported from Erongo (3) and //Kharas (1) regions.
In total, Namibia reported 106 COVID-19 cases with 21 recoveries.
Of the 85 active cases, one (1) is still in ICU and is clinically stable.
No death has been recorded, thus case fatality rate is 0%.
Sixty-five 65 (61.3%) cases are local transmissions while 41 (38.7%) are imported.
Cumulatively, twenty (20) cases were identified during active case search.
Seven regions are affected, with Erongo reporting the highest number of cases; 68 (64.2%).
More female cases 57 (53.8%) were recorded compared to male cases 49 (46.2%).
Most cases (75.5%) are within the age group 20 and 49.
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2. EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SITUATION IN NAMIBIA
Information on confirmed cases are available on Namibia’s
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 25 June 2020
Since 14 March 2020, when the COVID-19 outbreak was declared in Namibia, a total of 106
cases have been confirmed. Seven (7) regions have so far been affected, of which Erongo
region recorded the highest number of cases: 68 (64.2%) while Zambezi and Ohangwena
recorded the least 1 (0.94%).
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Namibia recorded its cases of COVID-19 during the epidemiological weeks displayed in
figure 2 above. Most;, 46 (43.4%) of the cases were recorded during week 26.
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As presented in figure 3 above, more female cases; 57 (53.8%) were recorded: compared to
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3. SURVEILLANCE ACTIVITIES
e Call centre continue operations for 24 hours every day; 1729 calls were
answered at the hotline today (25.06.2020), with 20 alerts investigated.
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3.1. CONTACT TRACING SUMMARY
As of 25 June 2020, a total of 957 contacts of confirmed cases have been identified. A total of
602 contacts have completed their 14 days of follow up, and 126 active contacts were
monitored today (Table 1).
Table 2: Number of people in mandatory quarantine facilities as of 25 June 2020
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As of 25 June 2020, a total of 3713 persons have been placed into supervised quarantine
facilities around the country. Of the total, 2880 have been discharged and 833 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 25 June 2020
‘Total sample received
Total sample re-tested
Total negative results
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As of 25 June 2020, a total of 8159 (including 730 re-tested) COVID-19 specimens have been
tested in the two laboratories (NIP and Path Care) as per Table 3 above:
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)
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Table 4. Distribution of incoming truck drivers by country of departure and destination regions on
25 June 2020
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e The majority 200 (73%) of the truck drivers departed from South Africa to various
regions. The largest number of truck drivers were heading to Khomas 112 (40.9%).
5. PUBLIC HEALTH ACTION
e
Targeted testing
have been tested
in Walvis
to-date.
Bay
from
24
— 27
June
2020,
cumulatively
936
people
6. CHALLENGES:
e Inadequate isolation units at health facilities in the regions.
e Inadequate PPE
e Inadequate nasopharyngeal swabs and appropriate transport media.
7. 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.
Incident Manager
Date: 25 June 2020
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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