16 December 2020

Namibia: New amendments to the Public Health Covid-19 regulations!

Namibia's President Dr. Hage G. Geingob has announced a number of amendments to the Public Health Covid-19 regulations in Namibia during a public briefing on the national COVID-19 response measures on 16 December 2020. The amendments are recommended to implementation with effect from 23:59 on 16 December 2020, for a period of 14 days, until 30 December 2020.

  • Bars, nightclubs, casinos and all restaurants are to close for business at 22:00, Monday to Sunday. All indoor dining tables must be arranged two meters apart.
  • The number of public gatherings is reduced from the current limit of two hundred to a maximum of fifty persons indoors and a maximum of on hundred outdoors, at a time. It is a requirement that conveners of such gatherings keep registers of attendees at each gathering, record body temperatures of attendees in such registers and provide facilities for guests to wash their hands with soap or to sanitise their hands. Physical distancing of no less than 1.5 meters between persons must be maintained at all times.
  • Public passenger transportation: all drivers and passengers have to wear face masks throughout the entire trip/journey
  • The Government of Namibia will intensify the enforcement of the correct wearing of facemasks in all public settings.
  • The Government of Namibia has directed the Law Enforcement Agencies to deploy personell and ensure compliance with the public health measures in public places.


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