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2:01 CAT | 17 May 2020
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The Ministry of Health of Mozambique (MISAU) said on Saturday that the cumulative number of people infected with COVID-19 has risen to 129, as ten more cases tested positive in the past 24 hours.
Public Health Director Rosa Marlene said when briefing the press in Maputo that 5,735 suspected cases had already been tested in the country, of which 374 were done in the last 24 hours.
Nine of the new cases, which show mild or even no symptoms at all, are Mozambican nationals and one is of Portuguese nationality, said the director.
She said that among the 129 confirmed cases, 109 are locally transmitted and 20 are imported ones.
Marlene underlined that one of the infected is a bank employee, calling for strict observance of hygiene measures and social distancing, as well as the regulations decreed for the State of Emergency due to the pandemic.
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Source: Xinhua
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