Ministry of Health and Social Services has advised frontline workers to seek psychosocial support and counseling both privately and from the public sector to assist them in better dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. Executive Director Ben Nangombe in an interview with NAMPA said the current rise in infections and deaths due to COVID-19 is taking a toll on health workers who have been at the frontline of the pandemic since March 2020, when Namibia reported its first COVID-19 case.