The contents of the COVID 360/IHMT/NOVA/CPLP Information Center, which is already available, will be published on the IHMT/NOVA website, according to information released by CPLP this Monday.
The platform is "supported by four thematic groups in clinical, epidemiology, virology and biosafety to collect scientific material related to the pandemic caused by the SARS-COV-2 virus", he adds.
The IHMT/NOVA, which is an advisory observer to the CPLP, wants, through the platform, to foster interaction with technicians and experts from the Portuguese-speaking world, especially from African countries, provide tools to support their contingency plans and provide updated scientific information.
The number of covid-19 cases in Africa this Monday reached 64,214, with 2293 deaths and 22,243 recovered patients.
Among Portuguese-speaking countries, Guinea-Bissau leads the way with 726 registered cases of covid-19 infection in the country, with three deaths and 26 recovered patients.
Cape Verde has 260 cumulative cases of the disease and two deaths, São Tomé and Príncipe has 212 cases and five deaths and Mozambique has 103 and Angola has 45 confirmed cases of covid-19 and two deaths.
Equatorial Guinea, which is part of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP), has had 439 positive cases of infection and four deaths for several days.
Globally, the covid-19 pandemic has already caused more than 282,000 deaths and infected more than 4.1 million people.
More than 1.3 million patients have been considered cured.
