"After hospitalization and medical treatment, I had a check-up, the result of which was negative, and I'm now at home, after being discharged from hospital," declared the Minister of the Interior.
Eugénio Laborinho is the third confirmed case of covid-19 in the Government, along with the Ministers of Trade and Industry, Victor Fernandes, and Justice, Francisco Queiroz, who are having medical follow-up.
The governor of Uíje and former governor of Luanda, a member of MPLA's Political Bureau, Sérgio Luther Rescova, died on Friday of illness. The press attributed the causes of death, which were not disclosed, to covid-19.
In the communiqué, the Minister of the Interior thanked the executive, the medical team, family, friends and all those who, directly or indirectly, expressed solidarity with their health situation and advised the population to redouble measures to prevent and combat covid-19.
The country now has 6846 positive cases, of which 227 deaths, 2801 recovered and 3818 active, including 14 in critical condition with invasive mechanical ventilation, 19 severe, 96 moderate, 444 with mild symptoms and 3245 asymptomatic.
