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Mandatory quarantine for all citizens arriving from countries affected by the coronavirus

Angola has decreed mandatory quarantine, effective from Tuesday, for all citizens who have been in China, South Korea, Iran and Italy, countries with "indigenous cases" of the Covid-19 outbreak, it was announced.

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In a statement, the Ministry of Health explains that quarantine is mandatory for citizens who have traveled to Nigeria, Egypt and Algeria or who have had "contact with patients affected by coronavirus".

Quarantine must be carried out for a minimum period of 14 days, during which citizens are prevented from receiving any visit.

The measure goes into effect on Tuesday, March 3.

The Covid-19 epidemic caused by a new coronavirus, detected in China at the end of the year, has already infected 85,203 people, of whom 2921 have died, according to authorities in the 60 countries and territories affected. Of the infected people, more than 36,000 recovered.

In the African continent, only three cases of infections have been identified, in Egypt, Nigeria and Algeria.

The World Health Organization declared the Covid-19 outbreak as an international public health emergency and increased the risk to "very high".

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