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Mozambican president Filipe Nyusi has submitted a proposed amnesty bill for parliamentary approval seeking to pardon crimes punishable by up to one year in prison as part of a drive to descongest the country’s overcrowded jails and prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus, APA can report on Saturday.
Mozambique’s Health ministry is mulling the possibility of using chloroquine to treat severe cases of coronavirus.
The Mozambican government has ordered that the number of mourners at funerals should not exceed 20 people and no more than 10 for those participating in the final rites for victims of the coronavirus pandemic, a cabinet minister announced on Thursday.
The Mozambican Parliament has ratified the declaration of a state of emergency announced by President Filipe Nyusi on Monday in order to halt the spread of the respiratory disease, Covid-19.
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi has declared a 30-day state of emergency as part of a strategic drive to contain the spread of the deadly coronavirus.
Mozambique’s National Migration Service (SENAMI) has confirmed the closure of the Ressano Garcia border post, which links the country and its largest trading partner, South Africa, with effect from Saturday as part of a strategic drive to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus.
Mozambique flagcarrier, Linhas Aereas de Mozambique, has temporarily suspended its flights to neighboring South Africa, it profitable route to the new coronavirus (COVID-19), a pandemic that forced the South African authorities to close all the country’s borders, APA can report on Thursday.
Brazil’s Vale Mocambique, SA, the World’s largest iron ore miner, has sent back home to Brazil more than 200 of its workers from Mozambique to protect them from being affected by the coronavirus, APA can report.
About 64 undocumented Ethiopian nationals allegedly suffocated in Mozambique’s Tete province while travelling in a truck to South Africa, state-run Radio Mozambique reported on Tuesday.
Mozambique has revised downwards its forecast for 2020 economic growth to 2.2 percent from the initial 5.5 percent, citing the impact of coronavirus on the economy.