A press release states that the measure was taken taking into account that, in the demining activity, the work is carried out by more or less numerous teams in the field, with a considerable risk of contagion of the virus among the staff, “in the event of a infected in your breast ”.
Operators were recommended to strictly observe the health authorities' guidelines, until the situation returned to normal.
Mine accidents in the country are still recurrent, the result of more than three decades of war, with several actors, with several operators from non-governmental organizations and the Angolan State, which, on the ground, carry out demining actions.