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Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>THE Ministry of Health and Social Services has urged the public to disregard text circulating on social media warning the public about a new and deadlier wave of Covid-19, Covid-Omicron XBB.<\/p>\n

In a media statement on Wednesday, the ministry’s executive director Ben Nangombe said the text was not issued by the ministry, unauthentic and sent from an unknown origin.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ministry continues to conduct various Covid-19 surveillance activities countrywide to prepare for, detect and respond to a resurgence in Covid-19 cases,\u201d Nangombe said.<\/p>\n

According to him, Namibia conducts genomic surveillance in laboratories at the University of Namibia and at the National Institute of Pathology.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough genomic surveillance, our scientists are able to track the spread of Covid-19 and monitor changes to the genetic code of SARS-CoV2 which may give rise to new variants,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Nangombe said the latest report shows that the Omicron variant continues to be the dominant SARS-CoV-2 variant driving Covid-19 cases in Namibia.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Namibia, although we have detected a low frequency of the sub-variant BA.5, we have not yet detected BQ.1 nor XBB,\u201d Nangombe added.<\/p>\n

Nangombe said the Covid-19 situation in the country remains stable and manageable and any changes will be announced using official and authentic channels.<\/p>\n

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

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