Namibia’s President Hage Geingob on Wednesday lauded China and India for their vaccine donations, reported CGTN Africa.
“It is in the hour of need that one discovers who your true friends are,” the president said in his address to the nation during the 26th COVID-19 public briefing over national response measures.
Namibia received the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines on March 17 from Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinovac and received the Covishield vaccine from India on March 20.
The Namibian government has already extended the national response measures to curb the spread of coronavirus in the country for further 30 days up until April 30.
In his address to the nation, the president announced that the sale of alcohol at restaurants and bars has been extended to 22:00 from Monday to Saturday, while the sale of alcohol on Sunday remains prohibited. The number of people at gatherings has been increased from 50 to 100 people for both indoor and outdoor gatherings.
Meanwhile, during the briefing, Namibia’s Health Minister Kalumbi Shangula stressed that the number of COVID-19 cases remains high, with cases still being reported from across the country on a daily basis. The Namibian minister urged the nation to take caution.
Namibia has reported 44,139 coronavirus cases so far. The total death toll has reached 523, while the total numbers of recoveries stand at 41,848.
The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Wednesday reported the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has reached 4,203,087. The specialized healthcare agency of the African Union said the death toll from the pandemic stood at 112,471, while 3,762,968 patients across the continent have recovered from the disease.
African countries with the most number of coronavirus cases in the continent are South Africa, Morocco, Tunisia, Ethiopia, and Egypt, according to the Africa CDC.
