has been confirmed. on 28 august, this stage was extended until 11 september. the curfew now applied to everyone nationwide. end of covid-19 measures in july 2022, government ended all national restrictions. in august 2022, six small border posts that had remained closed throughout the pandemic, were reopened. the only remaining restriction is that international travellers have to produce a document showing they are vaccinated, or a negative pcr test. assistance diagnostic kits on 18 march 2020, dr. kalumbi shangula, on behalf of the ministry of health and social services, received a donation of 1 000 diagnostic test kits from the chinese ambassador zhang yiming. this was to increase the testing capacity of covid-19 in the country. on 28 march, namibian bank bank windhoek donated 500 reagent- and swop testing kits. financial, electronics on 21 march 2020, the ministry of health received a monetary donation from the rössing uranium limited company to help fight the spread of covid-19 in namibia. incident manager, mrs. m. kavezembi received n$200 000.00 on behalf of the ministry. old mutual namibia donated electronics worth n$998 030.46 to the health ministry "to facilitate the process of rapid case search, contact tracing and data management". the donation included 35 laptops and 37 tablets. humanitarian the indian community in namibia, supported by high commission of india in windhoek, handed over a contribution of food packets and essential supplies for namibian people severely affected by the covid-19 lockdown. this was received towards the end of april 2020. ppe, other medical supplies on 20 april, the health ministry received face masks and other personal protective equipment from the cdc country director, dr. eric dziuban. it was intended for the staff operating at the emergency operations centre. sanlam namibia (via its ceo, tertius steers) also donated face masks and a mobile van which would be used for "testing and screening in the fight against covid-19". dr. charles sagoe-moses, who representative in namibia, also donated face masks and testing kits. the republic of turkey donated to namibia various equipment like surgical masks, n95 masks as well as medical overalls. according to the health ministry, "it has been very difficult ... to secure a desirable stock level of these essential supplies". the ministry further said "the donation is appreciated indeed and will go a long way in addressing the shortfall". cooperation the president said on 22 june 2020 at a press conference that he is in contact with all neighbouring countries with regards to facilitating the gradual opening of borders. on 2 june 2020, the president had a telephonic call with canadian prime minister justin trudeau. president geingob "expressed appreciation to canada for the support during the liberation struggle and the principled positions leading to the implementation of resolution 435." the president also shared concerns with regard to covid-19 figures in namibia and the reopening of the economy. prime minister trudeau also pledged support to president geingob on the issue of classification of namibia as an upper middle-income country, informing that with "climate change, other countries, specifically those from the caribbean also faced a similar challenge of classification as upper middle-income countries". impact on society misinformation main article: misinformation related to the covid-19 pandemic in early april 2020, reports on social media originated stating that 5g is a direct cause of covid-19. namibia's mobile telecommunications monopoly, mtc, denied these claims in a statement saying that namibia does not have 5g installed yet. panic buying caused by ambiguous information from government, a short wave of panic buying ensued in the last week of march in the erongo region and selected shops in windhoek. several shops increased prices for hygiene products and fruits for private brewing. the events were being investigated by the namibian competition commission. crime rates due to the lockdown, crime rates, road accidents and rape decreased significantly. hospitals reported fewer admissions due to alcohol-related violence but went "back to normal" on the first day the alcohol sales ban was lifted again. education many students expressed their concerns regarding the late reopening of schools. a change.org petition, labelled "motion for schools to open earlier for grade 11s and 12s in namibia" has gained over 2,500 signatures in an attempt to convince the ministry of education, arts and culture to open schools earlier. after a concerning spike in cases in the country in late july, especially in the capital, classes for pre-primary grades and grades 1-9 were suspended. only grade 10-12 were allowed to attend face-to-face classes.