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Covid-19: Mozambican parliament meets today to approve extension of State of Emergency
1:17 CAT | 30 Apr 2020
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The Mozambican parliament meets in plenary session today to approve the extension of the State of Emergency decreed to counter the pandemic of respiratory disease Covid-19 until the end of May, a parliamentary source told Lusa.
Mozambique has 76 cases of infection with the new coronavirus, with no recorded fatalities.
Despite the fact that no lockdown has been enforced, the Mozambican head of state, Filipe Nyusi, on Wednesday asked all citizens to stay at home when at all possible.
“In simple words I say: let’s stay at home,” he said in an address to the nation announcing the extension of the measures in force since April 1.
“In taking this decision, we are aware that more difficult days await us. But the government’s intention is to slow down the spread of the virus,” the president said. The aim is to prevent the country from arriving at a position where a Stage Four ‘lockdown’, as in neighbouring South Africa, becomes necessary.
Since the beginning of April, schools, entertainment and leisure spaces in Mozambique have been closed, and all types of events and meetings prohibited. The use of face masks on public transport, in markets and other meeting places is mandatory, and the issuing of visas to enter the country has been suspended.
Globally, according to a report by the AFP news agency, the Covid-19 pandemic has already claimed more than 224,000 lives and infected more than 3.1 million people in 193 countries and territories.
About 890,000 patients are considered to have fully recovered.
Source: Lusa
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