Namibia is ready to embrace the traditional Chinese medicine in its fight against the COVID-19 outbreak, a health ministry official said on Friday.

Namibia is ready to embrace the traditional Chinese medicine in its fight against the COVID-19 outbreak, a health ministry official said on Friday.

In an interview with Xinhua, Ministry of Health and Social Services Executive Director Ben Nangombe said the country would learn and welcome best practices used by China in combating novel coronavirus.

"If it is found that the weapon that helped China overcome the coronavirus is a particular type of approach or a particular type of medication," he said. "There is no reason why we cannot learn from the best practices."

Nangombe said Namibia is open to cooperate with nations that have been successful in combating the coronavirus.

Namibia has reported three confirmed COVID-19 cases.