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SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6905 FRIDAY 19 MARCH 2021 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net
The assault on Covid-19 is Five decades the out of the starting blocks on pulpit inside
Floris Steenkamp
Wasserfall murder case postponed
The first group of people is scheduled to receive their Covid-19 vaccinations at Walvis Bay and Swakopmund today. That is to the day just over a year ago since Namibia’s first Covid-19 cases were identified. This first phase of vaccinations target frontline and the Walvis Bay State Hospital. The Shannon Wasserfall murder case was health care workers, community health work- “The assault on Covid-19 is out of the starting postponed to 31 May this year. The murder ers, law enforcement personnel, cross-border blocks. It is almost to the day one year since the accused, Steven Mulundu and Azaan Matransport workers, and other segments of the first Covid-19 cases were identified in Namibia workforce at the highest risk to contract Covid- (13 March 2020)”, a stakeholder told Namib disia, remain in custody. Mulundu and Madisia, two close relatives, is Times yesterday. 19. Erongo and Khomas, the two regions the Dr Shangula in his address urged Namibians to accused of having murdered Shannon Wasserfall early in April last year and then disposed hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic are the embrace the opportunities to get vaccinated. of her body by burying it in a shallow grave in “When we had a nationwide polio outbreak in first to receive the Covid-19 vaccine. This first phase of vaccinations will end on 16 April, the 2005, we mounted a nationwide polio vaccination the dunes close to Walvis Bay's eastern Minister of Health and Social Services Dr campaign. Today we are certified by the WHO as entrance. Kalumbi Shangula said in a statement late on a polio-free country. We aim to do the same with Months expired and in October last year, Continues on page 2 Covid-19”, Dr Shangula concluded. Wednesday. The full list of the target populations to receive the Covid-19 vaccine is: health care workers (front line and community), persons in close settings, cross-border transport employees, border entry workers, police officers, journalists, members of the diplomatic corps, mining and fisheries sectors, elected leaders, religious leaders, traditional leaders, people with disabilities, and refugees. The Minister also announced that some segments of society will for now be excluded for vaccination: these are children under the age of 18, persons 60 years of age and above, pregnant and breastfeeding women, women planning pregnancy within the next six weeks, people who showed allergic reactions to the Covid-19 vaccine or other vaccines in the past, persons with a history of serious allergies, people with conditions suppressing the immune system (HIV/Aids), individuals on steroid medications, or receiving chemotherapy. People with uncontrolled Epilepsy or other neurological conditions are also excluded from the first phase of vaccinations, and people with uncontrolled conditions of diabetes, hypertension, uncontrolled heart failure, late-stage kidney The last of four locomotives will be cleared from the scene of the train derailment in Swadisease and uncontrolled asthma. The vaccinations take place in Swakopmund at kopmund that claimed the life on Tuesday of 32-year-old assistant train operator Wilhelm the Cottage MediClinic, and the Swakopmund Nongameni Joseph (pictured). All railway carriages will also be cleared by the weekend. State Hospital. At Walvis Bay vaccination is Full report on page 2 conducted at the Welwitschia Private Hospital
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