Alle oë op inperkings
Reeds vir etlike dae word nuwe gevalle van Covid-19 in Windhoek en ander Namibiese dorpe bevestig.
Die minister van gesondheid en maatskaplike dienste, dr. Kalumbi Shangula, het die week by herhaling die regering se kommer oor die feit uitgespreek.
Weens die aard van siektes soos hierdie en die menslike natuur was dit waarskynlik onmoontlik om die virus dig in geïsoleerde botteltjies toegeskroef te hou. Wêreldwyd ontsnap die spreekwoordelike “gees” (djin) opnuut uit die fles.
Ongeag die werklikhede mag ons egter nie die prop roekeloos uit die bottel se nek pluk, of dit flenters gooi nie. Ons eie en ander se gesondheid – saam met ekonomiese herstel – is in ons eie hande. Dit verg verantwoordelike optrede.
Die ure tik af vir herbesinning oor die kordon wat rondom Walvisbaai, Swakopmund en Arandis getrek is. Ook vir die terugkeer van nog meer kinders na skole.
Staatshuis hou die ontvouende situasie ongetwyfel fyn dop. En die verwagte aankondigings (hopelik Vrydag) gaan nie noodwendig goeie nuus wees nie.
Nuwe, bevestigde gevalle buite die Erongostreek, is beslis net die oortjies van die seekoei. Buiten vir die Erongo-, Khomas-, //Kharas- en Zambezi-streke word min toetse elders gedoen.
Beskikbare data vir die sewe dae tot Maandag lyk as volg: Kunene 26 toetse, Omusati 6, Ohangwena 61, Oshana 61, Oshikoto 31, Kavango-Wes en –Oos 43, Otjozondjupa 55, Omaheke 7 en Hardap 38.
Ons moet onsself staal. En aan die reëls hertoewei.
So sê ander
28 Julie 2020
To visit or not: That is the question
In the whirlwind of news about the coronavirus pandemic, it can be hard to distinguish facts from rumors, false reports, and personal opinions.
This confusion has taken a heavy toll on the tourism industry, which revolves around people and information.
One example is Portugal, that has been recently caught up in heated conversations about whether it is a safe destination to visit or not. Hot in the news is Portugal's exclusion from the British government's list of safe destinations.
Portugal says the decision is not supported by facts and has been trying to tell its side of the story.
Amid all this commotion, one reality that cannot be ignored is that no country in the world can claim to have a perfect track record on the COVID-19 outbreak that took everyone off guard.
It will be best if authorities focus on providing transparent data and information that can prevent their individual and collective anti-virus initiatives from slipping into a morass of finger-pointing and uncertainty. This way, confusion can be avoided and people can decide for themselves where they want to visit or avoid traveling to based on unbiased evidence.
Let's hope that the tourism industry in all countries rises from the ashes soon and does not crumble under the weight of skewed information.
• VIA NEWS
Die minister van gesondheid en maatskaplike dienste, dr. Kalumbi Shangula, het die week by herhaling die regering se kommer oor die feit uitgespreek.
Weens die aard van siektes soos hierdie en die menslike natuur was dit waarskynlik onmoontlik om die virus dig in geïsoleerde botteltjies toegeskroef te hou. Wêreldwyd ontsnap die spreekwoordelike “gees” (djin) opnuut uit die fles.
Ongeag die werklikhede mag ons egter nie die prop roekeloos uit die bottel se nek pluk, of dit flenters gooi nie. Ons eie en ander se gesondheid – saam met ekonomiese herstel – is in ons eie hande. Dit verg verantwoordelike optrede.
Die ure tik af vir herbesinning oor die kordon wat rondom Walvisbaai, Swakopmund en Arandis getrek is. Ook vir die terugkeer van nog meer kinders na skole.
Staatshuis hou die ontvouende situasie ongetwyfel fyn dop. En die verwagte aankondigings (hopelik Vrydag) gaan nie noodwendig goeie nuus wees nie.
Nuwe, bevestigde gevalle buite die Erongostreek, is beslis net die oortjies van die seekoei. Buiten vir die Erongo-, Khomas-, //Kharas- en Zambezi-streke word min toetse elders gedoen.
Beskikbare data vir die sewe dae tot Maandag lyk as volg: Kunene 26 toetse, Omusati 6, Ohangwena 61, Oshana 61, Oshikoto 31, Kavango-Wes en –Oos 43, Otjozondjupa 55, Omaheke 7 en Hardap 38.
Ons moet onsself staal. En aan die reëls hertoewei.
So sê ander
28 Julie 2020
To visit or not: That is the question
In the whirlwind of news about the coronavirus pandemic, it can be hard to distinguish facts from rumors, false reports, and personal opinions.
This confusion has taken a heavy toll on the tourism industry, which revolves around people and information.
One example is Portugal, that has been recently caught up in heated conversations about whether it is a safe destination to visit or not. Hot in the news is Portugal's exclusion from the British government's list of safe destinations.
Portugal says the decision is not supported by facts and has been trying to tell its side of the story.
Amid all this commotion, one reality that cannot be ignored is that no country in the world can claim to have a perfect track record on the COVID-19 outbreak that took everyone off guard.
It will be best if authorities focus on providing transparent data and information that can prevent their individual and collective anti-virus initiatives from slipping into a morass of finger-pointing and uncertainty. This way, confusion can be avoided and people can decide for themselves where they want to visit or avoid traveling to based on unbiased evidence.
Let's hope that the tourism industry in all countries rises from the ashes soon and does not crumble under the weight of skewed information.
• VIA NEWS
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