This is one of the measures contained in the new presidential decree that defines distinct rules for territories that are in a sanitary fence due to the covid-19 pandemic and is in force as of Thursday, according to the Minister of State and Chief of Staff of the President of the Republic, Adão de Almeida.
The province of Luanda will be under a health fence until 9 August, as will Cazengo, municipality of Cuanza Norte, the only province where, alongside Luanda, cases of covid-19 infection are reported.
Citizens helping to breach the fence will face the same penalty, the minister said.
Among the new rules in force in these locations as of Thursday, there are also new opening hours for commercial establishments, which are open from 7:00 am to 4:00 pm, including canteens (small grocery stores) and reduced hours for restaurants and the like, which start operating only until 4 pm, with a capacity limited to 50 percent.
Non-compliance is punishable by a fine of 100 to 250 thousand kwanzas.
Markets and street vending are only open on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, between 6:00 am and 3:00 pm, with fines of 5,000 to 10,000 kwanzas for defaulters, which can be extended to buyers who purchase goods abroad authorized days.
The number of people admitted to collective activities increases from 150 to 50 people and the meetings of people living in the home are limited to 15 people, while on the public road they can only concentrate up to a maximum of 10 citizens, with sale and consumption prohibited. of alcoholic beverages on the public route.
Funeral ceremonies are limited to 10 participants, or five, in the case of a death associated with covid-19.
The capacity of public transport will be reduced from 75 per cent to 50 per cent, with limited hours from 5:00 am to 6:00 pm.
The transfer of corpses is prohibited if the cause of death is covid-19.
Official trips that have to leave Luanda are subject to specific authorization and to a “reduced number of people, adjusted in the nature of the work”.
According to Adão de Almeida, “we want to avoid that, through official delegations, the potential for contagion or transfer of the virus to other locations increases”, and prior testing is mandatory.
"We are in a permanent process of adapting the measures according to the signs that the country's epidemiological situation sends us, and in this specific case, Luanda and Cazengo demand additional measures to contain the spread of the pandemic," explained the minister.
The diploma was signed this Tuesday by the President of the Republic, João Lourenço, and comes into force at 00:00 on 9 July.
