Franco Mufinda, who made the daily epidemiological assessment of the situation in Angola, said that the departure of these professionals to the provinces began on Thursday. A total of 53 doctors were distributed by Huíla, Bié, Moxico and Namibe.
This Friday, the remaining contingent will arrive in Bengo, Benguela, Cabinda, Cuando Cubango Cuanza Norte and Cuanza Sul, Lunda Norte and Lunda Sul, Malanje, Uíje and Zaire.
Cuban doctors arrived in Angola on April 10 and had to complete a quarantine period, as well as conduct tests. One group technician gave a positive result.
In the past 48 hours, the country has not registered new cases, maintaining 36 positive infection cases, with two deaths.
A total of 5092 samples were collected, of which 4370 were negative and 36 were positive, 686 being processed.
1139 people are in institutional quarantine and 417 suspected cases have already been investigated, with 1007 direct and occasional contacts being followed.
The death toll from covid-19 in Africa has exceeded 2,000 (2024), with more than 52,000 cases of the disease recorded in 53 countries, according to the latest statistics on the continent's pandemic.
