Many would have assumed that Namibia, a nation with a population of 2.5 million, would have been able to effectively prepare for the negative economic impact caused by COVID-19, having seen how some European economies had struggled to stay afloat as COVID-19 spread across the continent, with governments imposing restrictions to slow the spread of the virus. These restrictions (imposed by European governments) curbed and in some cases shut down entire economic sectors. Whilst Europe recorded its first case of COVID-19 on January 24 (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control – ECDC, n.d.), the pandemic only (officially) reached Namibia's shores on March 14, 2020, which was more than a month after Europe began dealing with the economic consequences caused by COVID-19. Moreover, the WHO gave most countries an early warning of the possibility of the virus further spreading, when it declared on 30 January 2020 that COVID