Covid-19 cases soar at Keetmanshoop school
Elizabeth Joseph
KEEtMANSHOOP
More than 70 learners at a Keetmanshoop secondary school tested positive for Covid-19 in February.
During a press conference recently, //Karas governor Aletta Fredericks said four JA Nel Secondary school learners tested positive for the coronavirus in early February.
The learners were isolated at the hostel sickbay, but were transferred to Keetmanshoop medical facilities on 17th of February.
She said a Keetmanshoop district Covid-19 Response Team visited the hostel after the positive tests and undertook a risk assessment and contact tracing.
“Target testing was done the same day as more learners in the hostel were found with mild symptoms. A total of 124 learners and 20 personnel at the hostel were tested.”
The test results, released on 27 February 2021, showed that a total of “65 learners and 2 hostel personnel (teacher and matron) tested positive,” Fredericks said.
The next day, on 28 February another 11 learners tested positive, while a total of 38 learners with 18 personnel tested negative.
As of 1 March 2021, test results of 39 learners and the hostel staff remain pending.
Numbers
To date, 727 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the //Karas Region. There are currently 96 active cases and 613 recoveries have been recorded. Twenty people in the region have died from Covid-19.
In Lüderitz a total of 1 229 cases have been reported and 1 204 recoveries. Five persons have died.
In total for the two regions numbers cumulatively reached 2 513 to date.
Hostel living arrangements
According to Fredericks, the hostel where all learners and teachers share the dining-hall as a communal area consists of four blocks.
Three boarders share a room, and bathroom facilities consisting of 5 showers, 3 bathtubs, 6 washbasins, and 12 toilets are available.
“In total, there are 106 female learners and 100 male learners respectively in the four double-story blocks.” She said in January, hostel management identified two ground floor blocks to serve as isolation/quarantine areas.
The governor said it is up to every Namibian to make sure that the spread of the virus is kept at bay.
KEEtMANSHOOP
More than 70 learners at a Keetmanshoop secondary school tested positive for Covid-19 in February.
During a press conference recently, //Karas governor Aletta Fredericks said four JA Nel Secondary school learners tested positive for the coronavirus in early February.
The learners were isolated at the hostel sickbay, but were transferred to Keetmanshoop medical facilities on 17th of February.
She said a Keetmanshoop district Covid-19 Response Team visited the hostel after the positive tests and undertook a risk assessment and contact tracing.
“Target testing was done the same day as more learners in the hostel were found with mild symptoms. A total of 124 learners and 20 personnel at the hostel were tested.”
The test results, released on 27 February 2021, showed that a total of “65 learners and 2 hostel personnel (teacher and matron) tested positive,” Fredericks said.
The next day, on 28 February another 11 learners tested positive, while a total of 38 learners with 18 personnel tested negative.
As of 1 March 2021, test results of 39 learners and the hostel staff remain pending.
Numbers
To date, 727 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the //Karas Region. There are currently 96 active cases and 613 recoveries have been recorded. Twenty people in the region have died from Covid-19.
In Lüderitz a total of 1 229 cases have been reported and 1 204 recoveries. Five persons have died.
In total for the two regions numbers cumulatively reached 2 513 to date.
Hostel living arrangements
According to Fredericks, the hostel where all learners and teachers share the dining-hall as a communal area consists of four blocks.
Three boarders share a room, and bathroom facilities consisting of 5 showers, 3 bathtubs, 6 washbasins, and 12 toilets are available.
“In total, there are 106 female learners and 100 male learners respectively in the four double-story blocks.” She said in January, hostel management identified two ground floor blocks to serve as isolation/quarantine areas.
The governor said it is up to every Namibian to make sure that the spread of the virus is kept at bay.
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