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Covid-19: Ministry of Health prohibits entry of citizens from seven countries

Citizens from China, South Korea, Italy, Iran, Nigeria, Egypt and Algeria are forbidden, as of Tuesday, to enter Angolan territory, while the epidemic of the new coronavirus lasts, confirmed Lusa with the Ministry of Health.

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The dispatch from the office of the Minister of Health, Sílvia Lucuta, dated February 28, circulated on social networks over the weekend, in parallel with another document, reporting the imposition of quarantine for all travelers from those countries with " autochthonous cases "of the Covid-19 outbreak, but only this has been officially validated.

A source from the Angolan Ministry of Health told Lusa this Monday that "the two documents are true and authentic", the statement being "addressed to the media" while the ministerial order aims to give guidance to the institutions and entities that work at the country's main entry points.

The minister's dispatch warns transport companies of the obligation to inform travelers, being responsible “for their immediate repatriation”, with the inherent charges, if they do not comply with the guidelines.

It has not been possible to clarify so far which citizens will be quarantined and which will be prohibited from entering.

The Covid-19 outbreak, detected in December 2019 in China, and which can cause respiratory infections such as pneumonia, caused more than 3,000 deaths and infected more than 87,000 people, according to data reported by 60 countries.

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

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