Windhoek – Health Minister Kalumbi Shangula announced on Tuesday that travel into Namibia from all countries is banned with immediate effect for a period of 30 days after the Southwest African country recorded its seventh confirmed case of coronavirus.
Namibians and permanent residents of the country are also banned from leaving, and if they return from abroad they must go into mandatory supervised quarantine for 14 days at their own cost.
Those residents will only be allowed to return into the country if their mission is critical to national interest, such as the safety and security of Namibia, the minister added.
The government, however, added the flow of supplies, goods, commodities and services into Namibia from reciprocal neighbouring countries will not be interrupted.
The government also announced a partial lockdown of the Khomas region, which houses the capital Windhoek and the Erongo region, home to the port town of Walvis Bay. The partial lockdown will start from midnight March 27 until midnight April 16.
SOURCE: Africanslive
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