Health Ministry's COVID-19 Surveillance Team leader, Emmy-Else Ndevaetela said the COVID-19 surveillance team collects and analyse data. She said this aims to monitor the epidemiology of the pandemic. It is an early wàrning system to detect and notify any possible cases and also to investigate and confirm outbreaks. Ndevaetela said the surveillance system has national, district and community levels. The community level is the most used as this is where the news comes from. National Surveillance Officer, Selma Matyenyika said the team makes use of the 24-hour hotline centre, where they receive alerts to guide them to start with investigations. She also said a rapid response team, which is sent out for investigations, act when necessary and refer patients to relevant health facilities for confirmed symptoms. Field Epidemiologist, Ndilimeke Mutikisha said contact tracing is a process of identifying and listing people who came in contact with a confirmed case of COVID-19. She said the process continues until the person is confirmed, they are then monitored for a 14-day period for any possible symptoms. In terms of the credibility of data, they said the surveillance pillar has a data management sub-pillar which deals with data that is reported from the source. It is then analysed and presented to management for authentication. They further urged Namibians to trust the health system and give credit to our leaders for implementing early measures to curb the spread of COVID-19. They, however, said that Namibia is not likely to have community transmission but those truck drivers who come into the country are likely to expose Namibians to the virus. They, therefore, called for strict measures and said that the ministry's focus is now on truck drivers. They said this during a panel discussion at COVID-19 Communication Centre today.