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Namibian President Hage Geingob has said his country faces a “dark and gloomy moment” as deaths and cases of coronavirus rise rapidly.
Addressing the nation, he said 513 Namibians had died in the past 15 days from the virus and cases had tripled since early June.
With a population of just 2.5 million, this represents one of the worst death rates on the continent.
Introducing new restrictions, including stopping travel between regions of the country, Geingob said things were likely to continue to worsen until mid-August at the earliest.
Speaking after the president, Health Minister Kalumbi Shangula said the country was “literally in an existential struggle… we are fighting for our own lives”.
He described a stretched health service and said the country’s morgues “have reached their maximum capacity.”
The minister announced that more intensive care beds are being prepared and steps have been taken to increase the country’s supply of purified oxygen.
To complete his message, President Geingob urged the people to cooperate with the new measures and insisted that the nation will overcome the crisis.
Source: BBC
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