People in Namibia are no longer required to wear masks in public and vaccinated visitors do not need to take a PCR test.
In a televised briefing, Namibian President Hage Geingob put forth the new Covid-19 protocols for the country, according to The Namibian. These new protocols are effective from 16 March 2022.
Masks are no longer required in public but those in closed settings are still encouraged to wear masks. Social distancing of one metre should be maintained, and the number of people permitted at public gatherings has been adjusted from 500 to 1000.
Fully vaccinated travellers do not need to provide a negative Covid-19 test upon arrival but must present a vaccination card.
Geingob stressed that the abolishment of mandatory masks in public ‘does not equate to the abolishment of common sense’, and urged everyone to remain vigilant.
In contrast, South Africa’s Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has extended South Africa’s national state of disaster.
The state of disaster is now expected to be lifted on 15 April 2022. This means that South Africa will have been in a state of disaster for 25 months after the measures were first declared in March 2020.
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