In a press release, to which the Lusa agency had access, it was pointed out that it was up to the operators to create favourable conditions for transport and accommodation for professionals in the countryside, which would safeguard the rules of physical distance.
For as long as the state of exception lasts, the document clarifies that operators must use their labour force, only up to 50 per cent, and must comply strictly with the guidelines of the health authorities until the situation returns to normal
The CNIDAH decision was taken because of the easing of the restrictions previously imposed under the state of emergency, namely the interprovincial circulation, and it was appropriate to ensure the continuity of the mine-clearance tasks throughout the national territory, although the reasons for the health fence persist.
Angola is now fulfilling the third period of state of emergency, decreed to ensure the prevention and control of the spread of the new coronavirus, which has already caused two deaths in the country out of a total of 27 positive cases, seven of which are cured.
In the last five years, the country has released 90 per cent of suspected areas of contamination by mines, but it is still on the list of the ten most contaminated states in the world, the result of more than three decades of war.
With more than 100 square kilometres of land suspected of having landmines and other traces of weaponry, 18 years after the end of the war, the country continues to record deaths and mutilations of its citizens.
