Coronavirus – Namibia: COVID-19 Update 20 December 2020
20 December 2020 |
6:00 pm
We are receiving reports of members of the public who are violating the set COVID-19 regulations deliberately. We strongly condemn this attitude of laxity and advise the general public that the security force has been deployed to ensure compliance. As H E The President indicated in his last Covid-19 briefing, stricter lockdown measures will be…
We are receiving reports of members of the public who are violating the set COVID-19 regulations deliberately. We strongly condemn this attitude of laxity and advise the general public that the security force has been deployed to ensure compliance. As H E The President indicated in his last Covid-19 briefing, stricter lockdown measures will be imposed once we observe an unprecedented increase in positive cases as a result of people failing to comply with the set COVID-19 prevention measures and regulations.” Dr Kalumbi Shangula said this today during the daily update
New COVID-19 confirmed cases 277
New Recoveries 118
COVID-19 hospital deaths 6
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Health and Social Services, Namibia.
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