By Asmau Ahmad
Namibia’s Health Ministry said that the latest genome sequencing exercises in May and June revealed that 17 out of 18 samples done in the country identified the Delta.
Namibia’s Ministry of Health Executive Director, Ben Nangombe on Monday in a statement said that the samples were obtained from positive COVID-19 cases from the central Khomas region.
“This is the first report on the detection of the Delta variant in Namibia,” he said.
He added that more genomic sequencing activities will be carried out in the coming weeks to determine the extent to which the variant may be present in the rest of the country.
According to the ministry, as of July 3, the Delta variant has been detected in at least 98 countries around the world and is quickly becoming the dominant strain in many countries
As of July 4, Namibia had recorded a total of 1,662 deaths since the COVID-19 pandemic started.
