{"id":4309,"date":"2021-10-29T17:40:19","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T17:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/namibians-feared-food-shortages-during-height-of-covid-19"},"modified":"2021-10-29T17:56:06","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T17:56:06","slug":"namibians-feared-food-shortages-during-height-of-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/namibians-feared-food-shortages-during-height-of-covid-19","title":{"rendered":"Namibians feared food shortages during height of Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>FOOD security, especially with the closure of the border between Namibia and its major import partner South Africa, was a major concern during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, with 60.8% of Namibian households stating that they were worried about having enough food.<\/p>\n

This is according to a survey conducted by the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) to determine how Namibian households have coped living with the disease and the impact it has had on their everyday lives.<\/p>\n

The first case of Covid-19 was recorded in Windhoek on 13 March 2020 when a Romanian couple visited the country. Since then, the virus has spread to all 14 regions. A year later, the NSA conducted a telephonic study with a total of 7 002 households to take part in the survey.<\/p>\n

From this number, 3 648 households were successfully reached and interviewed in both rural (54.2%) and urban (45.8%) areas respectively, with a response rate of 52.1%. In their findings, the NSA stated that the survey tried to determine the food security of the households in the 30 days preceding the survey.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe study indicated that an estimated 60.1% of the interviewed households indicated that they were worried about having enough food, 60.8% reported that they ate only a few kinds of food, while 59.9% reported that they were unable to eat healthy and nutritious food. On the other hand, 36.3% of households reported that they went without eating for a whole day,\u201d the NSA said.<\/p>\n

In addition, the majority of households that took part in the survey were generally aware of and adhering to the regulations put in place to prevent the spread of Covid-19.<\/p>\n

Individuals adopted preventative measures such as handwashing (86.1%), face-covering (96.6%), avoiding large gatherings (78.2%) and avoiding handshakes (84.3%) to curb infection.<\/p>\n

Of those surveyed, 90% of the households had water to wash hands a week prior to the survey. For those who could not afford to wash hands, it was mainly due to reductions in water supply (33.8%), inability to afford water (13.0%) or a total lack of water supply (15.8 %).<\/p>\n

About 7.3% of the population surveyed who were working before the onset of Covid-19 experienced job losses due to the pandemic. The main reason people cited lost jobs was due to business closure because of Covid-19 restrictions (47.6%) introduced by the government. Others were laid off while business continued, 18% in urban and 12% in rural areas. IMPACT OF COVID-19: Picture for illustrative purposes only.<\/p>\n

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