WINDHOEK, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Namibia's Health Ministry has noted that more than 99 percent of the country's COVID-19 deaths are associated with lifestyle chronic diseases, Minister of Health, Kalumbi Shangula said Thursday.
Shangula highlighted this during a daily update, where he announced five more COVID-19 deaths, two each from Grootfontein and Walvis Bay districts and one from Windhoek, bringing the country's total number of deaths to 240.
"It is time that we as a nation pay more attention to non-communicable diseases which underlay these deaths," he said.
According to Shangula, people should pay attention to the type of food they consume, drink as well as the type of substances they inhale. "Let us limit the damage to our own bodies, and to our own health," he added.
Namibia on Thursday announced 363 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the cumulative confirmed cases to 26,682. Enditem