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FRIDAY, JULY 18, 2025
Namibia reports first two cases of coronavirus

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Reuters
14 March, 2020, 03:45 pm
Last modified: 14 March, 2020, 03:47 pm

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Namibia reports first two cases of coronavirus

Reuters
14 March, 2020, 03:45 pm
Last modified: 14 March, 2020, 03:47 pm
File Photo: Kenyan nurses wearing protective gear prepare a ward during a demonstration of preparations for any potential coronavirus cases at the Mbagathi Hospital, isolation centre for coronavirus, in Nairobi, Kenya March 6, 2020. Reuters/Njeri Mwangi
File Photo: Kenyan nurses wearing protective gear prepare a ward during a demonstration of preparations for any potential coronavirus cases at the Mbagathi Hospital, isolation centre for coronavirus, in Nairobi, Kenya March 6, 2020. Reuters/Njeri Mwangi

Namibia reported its first two cases of coronavirus on Saturday, with a Spanish couple who arrived in the Southern African country on Wednesday both testing positive and quarantined, Health Minister Kalumbi Shangula said.

The government would continue with plans to celebrate Namibia's Independence Day on March 21, Shangula told a press conference.

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