Namibia has been placed by Germany on its travel list of countries designated as special risk area with high incidence of the spread of COVID-19. The country was listed only as a high risk area since last Sunday, but will be reclassified to a more risky area because of the spread of variants of corona virus on 20 June. The Minister of of Health during one of his recent media briefings acknowledged the presence of the South African variant in the country. Germany is the main source of tourists to Namibia and the classification as a special risk area will be a setback to revive the country's tourism sector. Namibia has experienced unusually high infection rates since last Friday reaching a record of 2 075 on Wednesday this week. President Hage Geingob announced new measures on Wednesday to stop the spread of the virus. The new measures include stopping all travels in and out of Windhoek, Rehoboth and Okahandja to the rest of the country as well as closing schools for two weeks in these towns.