National COVID-19 health monitoring system: a sustainableglobal and Namibian E-business and E-governance context

COVID-19 is the world’s most destructive recent pandemic that is experienced in every part of the world. Thisdeadly virus affects different people in different ways. Most infected people will develop mild to moderate illnessand recover without hospitalization. COVID-19’s most common symptoms include fever, dryness, and tiredness.It is against this background that in Namibian health environment the country uses a manual system to recordpublic members’ demographic information when visiting public places that do not allow monitoring of every publicmember who visited the 14 regions in the country. Therefore, the present study developed a National COVID-19 health contact monitoring system that allows every public member who visits an enclosed public place bycapturing their demographic information as well as the date and time the facility was visited. The system replacesthe paper-based method of recording the information of people visiting public places with an entrance that allowsthe coming in and going out of people. The system will also allow for real-time monitoring of temperature changesof individuals.