Just in: Mozambique lifts night-time Covid curfew – Watch

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Just in: Mozambique lifts night-time Covid curfew – Watch

8:12 CAT | 16 Feb 2022

The measures announced today will be in effect for 60 days, from 19 February to 18 April.

President of Mozambique Filipe Nyusi has announced the end of the Covid-19 night curfew.

“There is no longer a curfew,” he said during an address to the nation in which restrictions were eased with effect from February 19.

According to the president, the announcement is in line with the decline in epidemiological indicators in the country. Official numbers of cases and deaths have been decreasing since the peak of the fourth wave in early January, falling to their lowest values in recent months.

Mozambique recorded six deaths and 372 cases in the week February 7th to 14th.

The country has registered a cumulative total of 2,189 deaths from 224,719 cases of Covid-19, of which 97% have recovered.

In his address, the head of state also announced the reopening of all border posts and the resumption of live performances, sports and recreational events, with eased audience limitations.

In schools, the number of students per classroom may increase from 20 to 30, and the reopening of canteens, evening courses and physical education classes is authorised.

Restaurants may stay open until 11:00 p.m., and bars can also reopen as long as they are well ventilated.

Beaches will be open from 5:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m..

Read: Virus leads to first Mozambique curfew since civil war

Filipe Nyusi urged economic agents to take advantage of this “window of opportunity” to “revive the economy”.

Covid-19 has caused at least 5,836,026 deaths worldwide since the beginning of the pandemic, according to Agence France-Presse.

The respiratory disease is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, first detected in Wuhan, a city in central China, in late 2019.

The rapidly spreading and mutating Omicron variant has become dominant in the world since it was first identified in South Africa in November.

Source: Lusa