Don’t let your guard down – Geingob

JEMIMA BEUKESWINDHOEKThe sale of alcohol at shebeens and nightclubs has been extended from 22:00 to midnight, while shops and businesses will no longer be required to keep registers of customers.However, all places of public gatherings must have functional hand sanitiser dispensers at all times, while attendance registers must still be kept for weddings, funerals and religious gatherings as well as sports and entertainment events.These are some of the new Covid-19 regulations announced by President Hage Geingob, which took effect on yesterday at midnight.Public gatherings still limitedThe limit of people attending public gatherings remains at 200, while the public is strongly encouraged to hold gatherings outdoors.All non-Namibian travellers are required to enter the country with a negative Covid-19 test result from the country of departure, which is not older than 72 hours.However, this requirement does not apply to children under the age of five.Non-Namibian travellers who arrive with a result older than 72 hours will be swabbed for Covid-19 and put in quarantine at their own cost.Should these results be positive, the traveller will be isolated at own cost.Covid-19 results are not mandatory for Namibian citizens, permanent citizens and those with work visas, who will be swabbed on arrival.Should such a traveller test positive for Covid-19, they will be isolated at a designated isolation facility or at home, subject to approval after an assessment by an authorised medical officer.‘Cannot afford to relax’Meanwhile, Geingob expressed grave concern with the behaviour of Namibians, which according to him, are growing complacent towards the Covid-19 pandemic.“I observed, with great concern, that we are becoming complacent to the danger and are not adhering to the prescribed health and hygiene protocols. We cannot afford to relax now. We must rather intensify the fight against Covid-19,” he said.According to the president, the worst-case scenario - as projected by our World Health Organisation models - estimated the loss of nearly 4 000 Namibian lives.However, the prompt and decisive measures taken by government early in the pandemic has shielded our communities from the full wrath of this pandemic, Geingob added.jemima@namibiansun.com

Don’t let your guard down – Geingob

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Namibian Sun 2026-08-13

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Don’t let your guard down – Geingob

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