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Manuel Augusto: Angola decreed quarantine due to “weakness” of the Health sector

The head of national diplomacy acknowledged this Monday that the "weakness" of the Health sector forced to decree quarantine for citizens coming from countries with Covid-19 outbreak, pointing to Angola as a "risk" country.

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Foreign Minister Manuel Augusto told the Lusa agency in Brasília that the country's broad cooperation with China makes Angola a country at risk in terms of being affected by the new coronavirus.

"Regarding a statement that the Government of Angola made two days ago, about the need for quarantine for citizens who come from some sources, we are doing nothing more than complying with the guidelines of the World Health Organization. Angola, due to its broad cooperation with China, is a country at risk in this matter ", said Manuel Augusto, after meeting with his Brazilian counterpart, Ernesto Araújo.

"We have a community of more than 50,000 Chinese citizens working in Angola, in addition to the movement resulting from trade between the two countries. We are taking preventive measures because it will be much more difficult for Angola if the epidemic breaks out, it will be much more difficult take curative measures because we recognize the weakness of our health sector. Therefore, if we can, through preventive measures, avoid the risk of contagion as much as possible, it will be better for all of us ", concluded the minister.

The country has decreed mandatory quarantine, effective from Tuesday, for all citizens who have been in countries with "indigenous cases" of the Covid-19 outbreak.

In another Government order, citizens from China, South Korea, Italy, Iran, Nigeria, Egypt and Algeria are prohibited, as of Tuesday, from entering Angolan territory, while the epidemic of the new coronavirus lasts, confirmed the Lusa at the Ministry of Health.

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