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COVID-19: Namibia records 160 new cases and nine deaths

Health and Social Services Minister, Dr Kalumbi Shangula has announced that Namibia on Thursday recorded 160 new COVID-19 cases and nine deaths from seven districts, bringing the total number of deaths in the country to 3 325. Shangula in the daily COVID-19 update on Friday said one of the deaths, from the Gobabis district, was reported as a home death.

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Body of baby missing from Swakopmund mortuary

A family in Swakopmund is seeking answers from the management of the Swakopmund State Hospital after the body of their baby went missing. The baby, who was named Makena Beauty Mulozi, was born at 21h00 on Tuesday weighing 3,4 kilogrammes but did not survive. According to the family, they arrived at the hospital Thursday afternoon to pick up the baby’s

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‘All I want is gold and silver’: Botha

The coach of Beatrice Masilingi and Christine Mboma, Henk Botha, says all he wants for Saturday’s 200 metre 2021 World Athletics Under-20 Championships final in Nairobi is for them to win gold and silver medals. Speaking to Nampa via WhatsApp hours after Mboma and Masilingi had interchanged the world junior record during the semi-finals, Botha said he does not care

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International solidarity the only answer to combatting COVID-19: Nandi-Ndaitwah

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has said no country will be safe from COVID-19 until all countries are safe, but international solidarity can help in combatting the virus. Nandi-Ndaitwah made these remarks on Saturday during the signing of a donation agreement by the Namibian and Serbian governments in Windhoek. The Serbian government pledged

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COVID-19: Namibia records 241 new cases and eight deaths

Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Kalumbi Shangula has announced that Namibia on Friday recorded 241 new COVID-19 cases and eight deaths, bringing the total number of deaths to 3 333. Shangula in the daily COVID-19 update said of the newly reported deaths, one occurred within the 24-hour reporting cycle. “One home death was recorded from the Rundu district,”

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Gold and silver for Mboma, Masilingi

Olympic silver medallist Christine Mboma won the 200 metre (m) gold medal for Namibia in a championship record time of 21.84 seconds at the 2021 World Athletics Under-20 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya on Saturday. She beat compatriot and previous championship record holder Beatrice Masingili, who set a personal best of 22.18s for a silver medal, with Nigeria’s Favour Ofili getting

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