Nine dead, 425 ill with malaria

An infectious disease specialist from the World Health Organisation (WHO) who has arrived from Geneva will accompany a team from the Ministry of Health and Social Services to northern Namibia to assess the reported malaria outbreak.
Health Minister Bernard Haufiku, speaking in the National Assembly yesterday, urged travellers to the North to take all necessary precautions to prevent malaria.
According to Haufiku, 425 malaria cases and nine fatalities have been reported in the Ohangwena and Oshana regions.
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