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Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>PEOPLE visiting Namibia will no longer be required to produce a vaccination certificate or a negative PCR test result at the ports of entry, the Ministry of Health and Social Services announced on Thursday.<\/p>\n

pete\u201cThe current epidemiological situation no longer supports the retention of this requirement,\u201d the ministry announced on Thursday afternoon in the last weekly Covid-19 update.<\/p>\n

The health ministry last month switched from daily Covid-19 updates to weekly reports.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe weekly Covid-19 updates will be discontinued forthwith. Today’s update is the last one,\u201d the ministry stated.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Namibia<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Namibia. 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