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  • #91
    Source: https://www.noticiasaominuto.com/mun...os-de-covid-19

    Angola registers three more deaths and 31 new cases of Covid-19
    Angola recorded three more deaths and 31 new cases of the new coronavirus in the last 24 hours, according to health authorities today.
    Minute News
    07/30/20 20:39 ‧ 19 mins ago by Lusa


    At a press conference in Luanda, the Secretary of State for Public Health, Franco Mufinda, said that there were also 94 recovered from the disease. With these figures, the country now has 1,109 infected, 51 deaths, 395 recovered and 663 active cases.

    The new cases are aged between 16 and 83 years old and come, mostly (28), from the province of Luanda. The remaining three are isolated cases in Cabinda, U?ge and Lunda Norte.

    "The good news is the recovery, for the first time, of 94 people in the last 24 hours", a record, according to health authorities, explained the Angolan Secretary of State.

    In Africa, there are 18,884 confirmed deaths in almost 893,000 infected in 54 countries, according to the most recent statistics on the pandemic in that continent ...

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    • #92
      1,148 cases; 52 deaths: http://novojornal.co.ao/sociedade/in...rte-90984.html

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      • #93
        Source: http://jornaldeangola.sapo.ao/socied...15-recuperados

        Covid-19: Country registers three more deaths, 81 new cases and 15 recovered
        Edivaldo Crist?v?o and Mazarino da Cunha
        August 4, 2020


        In the usual meeting with journalists to update data on the epidemiological situation in the country, the Secretary of State for Public Health reported that of the 81 registered cases, six were detected in the province of Cabinda, one in Dande (Bengo) and another in U?ge . He said that those infected were between 4 and 93 years old, 60 of whom were male and 21 were female.

        In Luanda, 73 cases were registered, specifically in the municipalities of Belas, Cacuaco, Talatona, Kilamba Kiaxi and Viana. Regarding deaths, there are three Angolan citizens. According to the Secretary of State, two, aged 59 and 53, had immobilizations and were admitted to the Military Hospital.

        The third case refers to a 31-year-old citizen who had sickle cell disease associated with Covid-19 and was being treated at Cl?nica Sagrada Esperan?a. Franco Mufinda again appealed to citizens to comply with preventive measures, such as wearing a mask in public places, constantly washing hands with soap and water or disinfecting them with gel alcohol.

        He also asked to avoid agglomerations, to reduce more and more the permanence in markets, taxi stops and restaurants, as well as the non-violation of the sanitary fence. halt the chain of community transmission ”, he said.

        The number of positive cases in other parts of the country continues to rise, at a time when 11 of the 18 provinces have already registered infections. The map points to Luanda as the territory with the highest number of cases in Covid-19, with a record of 585 infections, 57 deaths and 462 recovered, followed by Cuanza-Norte, with 18 positive cases, one death and 14 recovered, Cabinda with seven, Zaire (5), Bengo (3), Cuanza-Sul (3), U?ge (2), Lunda-Norte (1), Moxico (1), Bi? (1) and Cunene (1).

        600 drivers tested and 53 are reactive

        During the data update, Franco Mufinda informed that 600 drivers were tested yesterday and 53 had reactive results. With the exponential rise in cases, the Secretary of State announced that in the past 24 hours the country had recorded 1,280 infections, of which 58 died, 476 recovered patients and 746 were active.

        Of the active cases admitted to the health units, 20 are in serious condition, four are in critical condition receiving treatment with invasive mechanical ventilation, 27 moderate patients and the rest are asymptomatic. Franco Mufinda also informed that the Integrated Center for Public Security (CISP) has received, in the last 24 hours, more than 50 calls for information about Covid-19.

        Regarding the control of people in institutional quarantine at the country level, the Secretary of State for Public Health guaranteed that the process remains under the control of health authorities, without advancing the number of discharges recorded yesterday.

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        • #94
          Source: http://jornaldeangola.sapo.ao/socied...27-recuperados

          Covid-19: Angola notifies one more death, 64 new cases and 27 recovered
          Xavier Ant?nio
          August 4, 2020
          The health authorities notified today, another death by Covid-19, 64 positive cases and 27 recovered, making a cumulative total of 1,344 cases, 59 deaths and 503 recovered.

          According to the National Director of Public Health, Helga Freitas, who presented the daily situation of Covid-19, of the 64 infected, 58 were detected in Luanda, four in Zaire, Cunene and Bi? with each case.

          Helga Freitas specified the positive cases are aged between three and 78 years old, of which 53 are men and 23 women.

          Of the 788 active cases, he explained, four are in critical condition with invasive ventilation, 18 severe and 760 are asymptomatic admitted to treatment centers.

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          • #95
            Source: https://twitter.com/COVID19GovAo/sta...82176713433088

            COVID-19 coronavirus information center
            @ COVID19GovAo
            Angola with 51 more positive cases, 3 deaths and 3 recovered

            Health authorities have notified 51 new cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, three deaths and an equal number of recoveries.
            The country has 1,395 infected, 62 deaths, 506 recovered and 827 active.

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            • #96
              Source: https://www.prensa-latina.cu/index.p...de-la-covid-19

              Angola reports 88 new cases of Covid-19
              Luanda, Aug 6 (Prensa Latina) The Angolan government reported today 88 new cases of Covid-19 in the country, confirmed in the last 24 hours by molecular biology analysis (RT-PCR).

              According to the national director of Public Health, Helga Freitas, 86 of the 88 infected are inhabitants of the province of Luanda, in whose territory there is community circulation of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, causing the pandemic.

              In relation to the rest, she specified that she is a resident in the city of Sumbe, the capital of Cuanza Sur (northeast), and the other in Benguela (west).

              Also during the last 24 hours two patients died and 14 managed to overcome the disease, announced the also representative of the multisectoral commission for the prevention and fight against Covid-19.

              So far, she said, the country has accumulated 1,483 confirmed cases, which includes 64 deaths, 520 recovered and 899 active.

              Dr. Frietas reported that two patients are in critical condition, 18 are reported as serious, 25 have moderate symptoms of the condition and four continue with mild manifestations, while 850 are asymptomatic.

              According to the specialist, in the last few hours, around a thousand rapid tests were performed by serological route in order to speed up the search for possible SARS-CoV-2 contaminates, which resulted in a balance of 114 reactive tests.

              That is, at least 11 out of every 100 people studied were exposed to the virus, whose contagion must be verified by means of RT-PCR tests.

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              • #97
                Source: https://www.prensa-latina.cu/index.p...de-la-covid-19

                Angola with more than 500 patients recovered from Covid-19
                Luanda, Aug 7 (Prensa Latina) Angola announced today the recovery of 24 Covid-19 patients for a total of 544 from mid-March to date, while confirming the death of another three infected.

                At a press conference, the national director of Public Health, Helga Freitas, also reported the discovery of 55 new contaminants during the last 24 hours, which includes a first case in the province of Malanje (center), as well as five in the municipality de Soyo, belonging to the northern territory of Zaire.

                The remaining diagnoses correspond to findings in different demarcations of the province of Luanda, affected by the community circulation of the SARS-CoV2 coronavirus, the cause of the pandemic, the official said.

                As detailed, the 55 infected are aged between four months and 70 years, in a group where males predominate (34).

                Regarding deaths, she explained that again these are people with chronic ailments, including high blood pressure, cardiomyopathy and diabetes mellitus, which often complicates the clinical course of the patient.

                So far, the country registers a cumulative of 1,538 confirmed cases, this includes 67 deaths, 544 recovered and 927 active, synthesized Dr. Freitas, who confirmed the permanence of four patients in critical condition with invasive mechanical ventilation.

                According to the expert, another 21 admitted are serious, while 24 have moderate symptoms of the pathology, 35 have mild manifestations and 853 are asymptomatic.

                The representative of the multisectoral commission for prevention and fight against the pandemic highlighted the holding this Friday of a seminar in Luanda to train media professionals about the epidemic issue.

                At the provincial level, she distinguished, the training of health personnel on patient management and biosa<2FEMININE> measures, educational talks to the population and the collection of samples for laboratory analysis on Covid-19 continued.

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                • #98
                  Source: https://africa21digital.com/2020/08/...s-de-covid-19/

                  Angola registers 5 more deaths and 100 new cases of covid-19
                  Angola has recorded a record number of covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours, with 100 new cases, and five more deaths, announced the Secretary of State for Public Health, Franco Mufinda.
                  Digital Africa 21 with Lusa

                  The five deaths, which occurred “as a result of decompensated comorbidities”, were of patients aged 59, 65, 64, 71 and 82 years, all male, who were hospitalized at the Cl?nica da Sagrada Esperan?a, Special Economic Zone , two at Cl?nica Girassol and one at Barra do Kwanza hospital.

                  The 100 new cases, 82 male and 18 female, are between 10 and 83 years old.

                  Two cases were diagnosed in Benguela and Soyo (Zaire province), imported from Luanda due to breach of the sanitary fence, the remaining 98 from Luanda province.

                  In the last 24 hours there have also been three more recovered.

                  Angola totals 1,672 cases, with 75 deaths, 567 recovered and 1,030 active.

                  The covid-19 pandemic has already claimed more than 727,000 deaths and infected more than 19.6 million people in 196 countries and territories, according to a report by the French agency AFP.

                  The disease is transmitted by a new coronavirus detected in late December in Wuhan, a city in central China.

                  In Africa, there are 22,903 confirmed deaths in more than one million infected people in 55 countries, according to the most recent statistics on the continent's pandemic.

                  Among African countries that have Portuguese as their official language, Equatorial Guinea leads in number of cases and deaths (4,821 infected and 83 deaths), followed by Cape Verde (2,835 cases and 32 dead), Guinea-Bissau (2,050 cases and 29 dead), Mozambique (2,269 cases and 16 dead), Angola (1,672 infected and 75 dead) and S?o Tom? and Pr?ncipe (878 cases and 15 dead).

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                  • #99
                    Source: http://jornaldeangola.sapo.ao/socied...is-recuperaram

                    Three more people died from Covid-19, seven are infected and two recovered
                    Angola Newspaper
                    August 10, 2020

                    Angola recorded, in the last 24 hours, three more deaths by Covid-19, bringing the number of deaths to 78 and seven more were infected, making 1,679 positive cases, announced the Secretary of State for Public Health, Franco Mufinda.
                    Photography: DR

                    According to the official, all positive chaos were reported in Luanda, in the towns of Cacuaco, Rangel, Cazenga and Viana, aged between 35 and 55 years, including five men and two women.

                    Franco Mufinda, who was speaking during the presentation of Covid-19 data, revealed that of the 1,030 active patients, four are in critical condition with invasive mechanical ventilation, 21 severe, 22 moderate and 950 asymptomatic.

                    Even today, he said, two more people were recovered, which makes a total of 569 people free from the disease since the beginning of the pandemic in the country.

                    The Government recently announced that positive cases of Covid-19 that do not show symptoms of the disease are now home insulated. The same is true for travelers who enter the country with a negative molecular test.

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                    • Source: https://visao.sapo.pt/atualidade/soc...m-1-735-casos/

                      11.08.2020 at 19h45
                      Lusa
                      Covid-19: Number of deaths in Angola rises to 80 in 1,735 cases

                      The number of deaths from covid-19 in Angola, which now totals 1,735 cases, has increased to 80, with two more deaths, announced the Secretary of State for Public Health, Franco Mufinda

                      The number of deaths by covid-19 in Angola, which now totals 1,735 cases, has now increased to 80, with two more deaths, announced the Secretary of State for Public Health, Franco Mufinda.

                      In the last 24 hours, Angola has reported 56 more cases of infection with the new coronavirus, of which two from Cabinda, locally transmitted and the rest from Luanda.

                      Among these, 43 are male and 13 female, aged between 19 and 95 years.

                      Another six people recovered and two people died, a 63-year-old Angolan and a 59-year-old Angolan.

                      The country now records 1,735 cases, 56 more than the previous day, of which 80 deaths, 575 recovered and 1080 active, including five critical and 22 serious

                      146 harvests were processed in the last 24 hours using the RT-PCR molecular biology test, which has an accumulation of 48,298 samples.

                      The covid-19 pandemic has already claimed more than 736,000 deaths and infected more than 20.1 million people in 196 countries and territories, according to a report by the French agency AFP.

                      The disease is transmitted by a new coronavirus detected in late December in Wuhan, a city in central China.

                      In Africa, there are 23,583 confirmed deaths in more than one million infected people in 55 countries, according to the most recent statistics on the continent's pandemic.

                      Among African countries that have Portuguese as their official language, Equatorial Guinea leads in number of cases and deaths (4,821 infected and 83 deaths), followed by Cape Verde (2,920 cases and 33 dead), Mozambique (2,481 cases and 17 dead), Guinea-Bissau (2,088 cases and 29 dead), Angola (1,735 infected and 80 dead) and S?o Tom? and Pr?ncipe (878 cases and 15 dead).

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                      • Source: https://visao.sapo.pt/atualidade/eco...cias-afetadas/

                        12.08.2020 at 20h39
                        Covid-19: 27 more cases in Angola and Hu?la joins the affected provinces
                        Lusa
                        Angola recorded 27 new cases of covid-19 in the last 24 hours, of which one in Hu?la, which became the 14th Angolan province affected by the disease

                        Angola has registered 27 new cases of covid-19 in the last 24 hours, of which one in Hu?la, which became the 14th Angolan province affected by the disease, announced the Secretary of State for Public Health.

                        According to Franco Mufinda, who today presented the data in the daily epidemiological balance, in addition to Hu?la, another case was diagnosed in Cuanza Norte (Cazengo municipality, which is under a sanitary fence), with the remaining 25 in Luanda.

                        Those infected are between 1 and 74 years old, 14 of whom are male and 13 are female.

                        Two people were also recovered.

                        Franco Mufinda also presented the territorial distribution of covid-19 in Angola: Luanda with 1,700 cases is in the phase of community transmission, Cuanza Norte with 18 cases of local transmission, Zaire with 14 cases, Cabinda with nine, Bengo and Cuanza Sul with five cases , Cunene with three imported cases, Benguela with two imported, and U?je, Lunda Norte, Malanje, Bi?, Moxico and Hu?la all with one imported case.

                        Only four provinces have not yet been affected: Namibe, Cuando Cubango, Lunda Sul and Huambo.

                        In total, Angola diagnosed 1,762 infections, of which 80 resulted in deaths, 577 patients recovered and 1,105 are in the active phase of the disease, of which five are in critical condition and 21 in serious condition.

                        The Secretary of State also informed that an epidemiological study was carried out on the 100 cases reported on Sunday, August 9, which concluded that 30 are workers in the oil industry in rotation with the Block 3 platforms.

                        According to the same official, public health measures were taken with screening and testing, and those infected are already in Luanda receiving medical care, and due monitoring of these people's contacts is being carried out.

                        In the next 48 hours the withdrawal of workers from the platforms should end.

                        "We are taking disinfection measures by areas and replacing the affected team," added Franco Mufinda...

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                        • Source: http://jornaldeangola.sapo.ao/socied...os-em-24-horas

                          Covid-19: Angola with three more deaths, 53 infected and seven recovered in 24 hours
                          Alberto Pegado and Xavier Ant?nio
                          August 13, 2020

                          Angola recorded three more deaths, 53 new infected by Covid-19 and seven recovered in the last 24 hours, bringing the total accumulated since March 21 to 1,815 cases of the disease, informed the Secretary of State for Public Health.

                          Franco Mufinda explained that all positive cases were registered in Luanda, of which 15 men and 38 women, aged between 23 and 76 years old.

                          The official who spoke in the usual daily situation of Covid-19, recalled that, starting on the 15th of this month, positive cases that do not manifest symptoms of the disease, start to fulfill home isolation as long as they meet the conditions established by health authorities.

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                          • Source: https://www.sapo.pt/noticias/atualid...7f7c6c8d15ddd4


                            Lusa
                            14 Aug 2020 21:01
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                            Angola increases to 86 deaths and is already the PALOP with more deaths
                            Angola registered 37 new cases of covid-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 1,852, and three more deaths, becoming the Portuguese-speaking African country (PALOP) with more deaths due to the disease (86), it was today announced.

                            The data were advanced by the Secretary of State for Public Health, Franco Mufinda, during the daily epidemiological assessment in Luanda.

                            Among the new cases, four were diagnosed in Cabinda, all locally transmitted, six in Soyo (Zaire), also locally transmitted, and the rest are from Luanda. The new cases relate to people aged between 22 and 69 years, 29 of whom are male and eight are female.

                            The deaths were of Angolan citizens, two males, 62 and 68 years old, and one female, 74 years old.

                            Another 584 patients have recovered and 1,182 are in treatment, of which three are considered critical and 26 are serious, said Franco Mufinda.

                            Angolan laboratories processed around 171 samples, in a cumulative of around 49 thousand harvests.

                            The Secretary of State also pointed out that as of Saturday quarantine and home isolation will be allowed for those who have created minimum conditions.

                            The official recalled "how important it is to carry out the pre-departure molecular biology test" of passengers returning to Angola, but, above all, the observation of some measures and "caution regarding exposure", because "anything can happen".

                            The covid-19 pandemic has already claimed more than 754,000 deaths and infected nearly 21 million people in 196 countries and territories, according to a report by the French agency AFP.

                            The disease is transmitted by a new coronavirus detected in late December in Wuhan, a city in central China...

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                            • Source: https://www.noticiasaominuto.com/mun...os-transportes

                              Angola asks citizens to report non-compliance with transport
                              The Luanda provincial government made available today two telephone lines for citizens to report irregularities by private public transport operators, regarding compliance with biosafety measures against Covid-19.
                              Angola asks citizens to report non-compliance with transport
                              Minute News
                              17/08/20 18:56 ‧ 9 mins ago by Lusa

                              In a statement, the Government of the province of Luanda emphasizes that the executive has recently made buses available to the private public transport operators in the Angolan capital to reinforce their fleets.

                              In view of the high concentrations in the stops in Luanda, as a result of the biosafety measures due to the pandemic caused by the new coronavirus, the provincial government was forced to temporarily restructure the career concession contract.

                              According to the provincial government, the measure was taken after the verification of several irregularities, by some operators, with regard to the non-compliance with the established rules, namely undue charges, with values ​​above 50 kwanzas (0.07 euros) determined by Ministry of Transport, capacity above 50%, among others.

                              The government note informs that the improvement of the inspection mechanism and complaints of irregularities is underway, so that what has been agreed with the operating companies can be fulfilled.

                              In this way, the provincial government has made "telephone terminals 928582424 and 928581212 available to citizens for complaints ranging from non-compliance with the biosafety rules of people located at bus stops to irregularities committed by operators operating on different roads in Luanda" , says the document, which also points out police stations as an alternative for reporting.

                              Angola has recorded, from March until now, 1,906 positive cases of covid-19 and 88 deaths...

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                              • Source: https://visao.sapo.pt/visaosaude/202...1-935-doentes/

                                VISION Health
                                17.08.2020 at 19h58
                                Covid-19: 29 more cases in Angola increase total to 1,935 patients
                                Lusa
                                Angola recorded 29 more infections with the new coronavirus, thus reaching a total of 1,935 cases, announced today the Secretary of State for Public Health, Franco Mufinda

                                The most recent cases are all from Luanda, with 11 males and 18 females.

                                There were no deaths in the last 24 hours and four people were reported to have recovered.

                                Angola totals 1,935 cases, of which 88 deaths, 632 recovered and 1,215 active, including five critically ill patients, with invasive mechanical ventilation and 19 severe ones.

                                The covid-19 pandemic has already claimed at least 770,429 deaths and infected more than 21.7 million people in 196 countries and territories, according to a report by the French agency AFP.

                                In Africa, there are 25,618 confirmed deaths in more than 1.1 million infected people in 55 countries, according to the most recent statistics on the continent's pandemic.

                                Among African countries that have Portuguese as their official language, Angola leads in number of deaths and Equatorial Guinea in number of cases. Angola records 88 deaths and 1,935 cases, followed by Equatorial Guinea (83 deaths and 4,821 cases), Cape Verde (35 deaths and 3,179 cases), Guinea-Bissau (33 deaths and 2,149 cases), Mozambique (19 deaths and 2,914 cases) ) and S?o Tom? and Pr?ncipe (15 dead and 885 cases).

                                The disease is transmitted by a new coronavirus detected in late December in Wuhan, a city in central China.

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