Treatment for severe Covid-19 cases
Reptile Mineral Resources and Exploration (RMR) today handed over to the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) a medicine that would help with treatment of severe cases of COVID-19. RMR’s Manager Resources and Pre-Development, Martin Hirsch handed over the much-needed medicine to the Director of Health and Social Services in the Erongo region, Ms […]
Dee Thakur a friend for all
It is with a heavy heart that Cricket Namibia informs the Namibian cricket nation of the passing of a Namibian Cricket legend Dee Dee Thakur. Dee Thakur came from the West Indies in 1994 to coach cricket in Namibia where he become one of Cricket Namibia’s true stalwarts. He started his career as a development […]
World’s largest plane delivers “war materials” against Covid-19
Antonov 225 touches down to deliver “war materials” in the fight against Covid-19 A consignment of emergency medical equipment to protect frontline health workers in Namibian medical facilities against a Covid-19 infection arrived in the country yesterday. The cargo was transported to Namibia from Germany on the world’s largest transport airplane, the Antonov-225 Mryia. It […]
Private sector mobilises in fight against Covid-19
Private sector mobilises in fight against Covid-19 More and more stakeholders in the coast’s private sector are mobilising to support the Ministry of Health and Social Services in the fight against Covid-19. Namibia is in the midst of a deadly and devastating third wave of Covid-19, prompting stakeholders in the private sector to add their […]
Erongo residents urged to reduce traveling
Private gatherings at home has become “spreader events” Sharlien Tjambari The Namibian Police’s Regional Commander, Commissioner Andreas Nelumbu, says the sheer number of people applying for travel permits to leave the Erongo Region defeats the purposes of the current Covid-19 restrictions. All non-essential traveling between Namibia’s fourteen regions is prohibited until midnight on 15 July, […]
Temporary morgue delivered in a record time for Walvis Bay
Rudi Bowe Namdock, with the support from the local business community, responded to the need for a temporary mortuary for Erongo, to be established at the Walvis Bay state hospital. The company converted and refurbished a 40-feet refrigerated container into a morgue, at a cost of N$200 000-00. The facility can accommodate 50 bodies. The […]
Walvis Bay soup kitchen to provide hundreds of meals to Covid-patients
Eileen van der Schyff The Covid Task Force, spearheaded by the Erongo Regional Council’s Constituency Councilor for Swakopmund, Cllr. Ciske Howard-Smith, welcomed its Walvis Bay Covid Task Force Soup Kitchen team on Wednesday. The Walvis Bay team will be manning a soup kitchen from the Walvis Bay Civic Centre to supply soup to patients at […]
Tamariskia community hall – temporary Covid-facility opens on Monday…
The Tamariskia Town Hall will be ready to accommodate its first Covid-19 patients on Monday (12 July 2021). Equipment is arriving. The facility, which will serve as a temporary facility for Covid-19 patients awaiting a place in a hospital, will start with 15 beds, and prospects that five more will be added. There will also […]
Beware of e-Wallet scam targeting the bereaved
FNB Namibia is warning the public to be aware of the latest eWallet scam which is on the rise targeting bereaved families who have lost a loved one. Elzita Beukes, FNB Namibia Communications Manager advised that this new ‘obituary scam’ is a targeted approach by fraudsters to extract money from bereaved family members who have […]
Important that senior citizens become members of WBECA
Rudi Bowe Walvis Bay Elderly Citizens Association (WBECA) urges citizens in the harbour town over the age of 60 years to become members of the organization. Registration is a once off N$20 per application, and will enable senior citizens to have access to prepaid water meters, to have information on proper housing and available space […]