Private Bag 13198
Windhoek
Namibia
REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA
Ministry of Health and Social Services
Ministerial Building
Tel: (061) 203 2054
Harvey Street
Windhoek
Fax: (061) 301 018
Public.Relations@mhss.gov.na
28 March 2020
PRESS RELEASE
Update on COVID-19 in Namibia.
The Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) is announcing a 9", 10" and
11" cases of COVID-19 (the disease caused by the new coronavirus) in Namibia.
Like the first 8 cases, the latest three cases are also travel-related.
The 9" case is a 35 year- old Namibian female, who resides in South Africa, came
to Namibia on the 20/03/2020. On 24/03/2020, she was attended to by a private
practitioner and was advised to go for testing at Path Care; the samples were taken
and send to NICD on the 25/03/2020, the test result was reported positive on
27/03/2020. Her condition is stable; arrangements are made for her to be admitted
in an isolation facility.
The 10" case is 33-year-old Namibian female, who travelled to Dubai, Ethiopia
and Johannesburg during March 2020. She arrived on the 17“ March 2020 in
Namibia. She visited a health facility on the 26 March 2020; specimen were taken
and sent to NIP. The results came out today as positive.
The 11" case is 69-year-old Namibian male, who travelled to Johannesburg, SA
and came back 12" March 2020 in Namibia. He visited a health facility on the 25"
March 2020; specimen were taken and sent to NIP on 27" March 2020. The results
came out today 28 March 2020 as positive. (Efforts to reach him to disclose the
results are underway, the attending doctor stays at the farm, the team at Omaruru is
trying to reach the doctor, and the press release will be updated afterwards).
Arrangements to admit them in isolation facilities are underway.
The MoHSS-led response is actively following up with all contacts of this persons
to ensure proper quarantine and monitoring for symptoms.
