According to official government figures provided to VOA by authorities, Namibia recorded 512 cases of suicide in the year 2020, 496 in 2021 and 510 in 2022
Windhoek - Namibia ranks fourth in the rate of suicide on the African continent, the country’s deputy minister of health and social services, Esther
2021-02-22 14:30:48 GMT2021-02-22 22:30:48(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
WINDHOEK, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) Namibia is conducting targeted COVID-19 testing in schools for students and staff in regions that have a high number of active COVID-19 cases, deputy Minister of Health Esther Muinjangue said Monday.
Muinjangue announced this during a daily COVID-19 update, saying that 259 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed, of whom, 141 were learners across the country. Regions with clustered cases in schools have started with this initiative. Namibia s Ministry of Education, along with the Health Ministry, is working with schools management in those regions and health care workers to support this initiative, she added.