Angola: COVID-19 cases - 3,279 cases; 131 deaths

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Angola with 12 new positive cases and an accumulation of 130 infections
Lusa Agency /
12 Jun 2020 / 20:09 H.

Angola with 12 new positive cases and an accumulation of 130 infections

Angola registered 12 new infections with the new coronavirus, bringing the number of positive cases to 130, with five deaths and 42 recovered, said the Angolan Minister of Health, S?lvia Lutucuta.

According to the official, the new cases are of patients between 11 and 92 years old, half are imported from Russia and the rest are from local contamination, namely from the health fence of Cl?nica Multiperfil (02) and from the neighborhood Hoji Ya Henda (04).

All new positive cases are admitted to the Viana Treatment Center, in the Special Economic Zone, in Viana.

“From the Multiperfil Clinic we have one with 92 years of age, hospitalized and asymptomatic, his underlying disease is already under control and, by this time, he tested positive and is stable”, said the minister.

At the Multiperfil Clinic, a second case was recorded among health professionals, a doctor, who works in the emergency department.

S?lvia Lutucuta referred that it was necessary to make some decisions in relation to Multiperfil's sanitary fence, whose survey forecast was for today, depending on the epidemiological evaluation.

"All the people who are at the Multiperfil fence were tested, this test was carried out more than seven days ago and, by this time, all the negative tests that we have at Multiperfil have to be reassessed," said the minister.

An epidemiological surveillance team from the National Directorate of Public Health and the National Directorate of Hospitals from the Ministry of Health are working with the direction of Cl?nica Multiperfil, and it has been decided to maintain the private institution's sanitary fence for the time being.

According to the minister, today, “urgently”, the testing of the 30 patients admitted to that clinic began, and the results should still be released today, so that some measures can be taken later.

“Negative cases, with discharge criteria, will be discharged, negative cases, with hospitalization criteria, will be transferred to other health units and tomorrow [Saturday] we plan to test all professionals who are at the health fence, to leave from there we make better decisions from the public health point of view for these professionals ”, he stressed.

The Angolan official stressed that after the cases registered at the private clinic, “it is prudent for them to be retested, because it has been more than seven days since the previous test and then, after taking these measures, the clinic will be disinfected and the safe lifting of the sanitary fence ”.

The covid-19 pandemic has already claimed more than 421,000 deaths and infected more than 7.5 million people in 196 African countries and territories, according to the balance sheet by the French agency AFP.

The disease is transmitted by a new coronavirus detected in late December 2019 in Wuhan, a city in central China.

After Europe succeeded China as the center of the pandemic in February, the American continent became the one with the most confirmed cases, although with fewer deaths.

 

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Source: http://jornaldeangola.sapo.ao/sociedade/covid-19-angola-recupera-19-pacientes-em-24-horas

Covid-19: Angola recovers 19 patients in 24 hours
Alberto Pegado and Xavier Ant?nio
June 13, 2020

In the last 24 hours, Angola has recovered 19 patients from Covid-19, Franco Mufinda, Secretary of State for Public Health, announced in a press conference.
Photography: DR

In this context, he stressed that the number of recovered people rises to 60. In the last 24 hours, the country has registered eight new cases of Covid-19, bringing the number of infected people to 138. Franco Munfinda said that of the eight cases, five are of local contamination, three imported between the ages of 22 and 42 years old, six male and two female.

Under development...

 

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Source: https://www.noticiasaominuto.com/mu...os-casos-da-doenca-aumenta-para-142-infetados

Covid-19: Angola with 2 new cases of the disease increases to 142 infected
Angola today registered two new positive cases of covid-19, one of which is a police officer, with an epidemiological link to be clarified, adding up to a total of 142 infections, of which six died and 64 recovered.
Minute News
15/06/20 20:12 ‧ 3 hours ago by Lusa


According to the Minister of Health, S?lvia Lutucuta, the other case is of local contamination, related to the sanitary fence of Hoji Ya Henda.

As regards the police case, the minister informed, he is a member of the security team of the An?bal de Melo Press Center (CIAM), which is why the press conference was held today from the Ministry of Health, while the site is being disinfected.

S?lvia Lutucuta clarified that this case was detected during the community screening of the team of journalists who have been following the press conferences at CIAM and supported in the dissemination of information about the pandemic caused by the new coronavirus.

"At this point, 41 samples were collected, of which 40 were negative and one was positive," said the minister, adding that, on Tuesday, the members of the unit to which this police officer belongs will be screened, as well as journalists who have been to monitor the information at CIAM.

The official appealed for the calm of the journalistic community, taking into account the preventive measures they have followed, emphasizing that despite the negative results it is prudent, having already passed seven days, to do the test again.

"The citizen concerned takes a shift, therefore, three times a week, has been in an area of ​​little contact and public health measures are in progress to identify contacts," he said.

The minister ruled out the possibility of being in the presence of a case of community transmission.

"We can only talk about community circulation when we have more than 100 cases without an epidemiological link, in this case, in particular, we had the result today, our teams are on the ground to assess the infected person and then continue the work with the contacts until we find the source of contamination, "he said.

The covid-19 pandemic has already claimed more than 433,000 deaths and infected more than 7.9 million people in 196 African countries and territories, according to the balance sheet by the French agency AFP.

In Africa, there are 6,465 confirmed deaths and more than 242,000 infected in 54 countries, according to the latest statistics on the continent's pandemic.

The disease is transmitted by a new coronavirus detected in late December 2019 in Wuhan, a city in central China.

After Europe succeeded China as the center of the pandemic in February, the American continent became the one with the most confirmed cases, although with fewer deaths.

 

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Source: https://pt.euronews.com/2020/06/16/angola-conta-com-seis-novos-casos-positivos-de-covid-19

Angola has six new positive cases of Covid-19
From Euronews with Lusa • Latest news: 16/06/2020 - 21:34
Copyright AMPE ROG?RIO / 2020 LUSA - Ag?ncia de Not?cias de Portugal, S.A.

In Angola there are six new positive cases of contamination by Covid-19. According to the Secretary of State for Public Health, three of these cases were registered in the province of Cuanza Norte, giving rise to the first infections outside the Angolan capital, Luanda.

Franco Mufinda said that the other three cases, of local transmission, are confined to the sanitary fence of Hoji-Ya-Henda.

The Angolan official stressed that the first three cases in Cuanza Norte concern two West African citizens and one Angolan, who breached Luanda's health fence.

"In relation to the province of Cuanza Norte, we are preparing a multidisciplinary team to follow up with regard to case management, especially epidemiological surveillance", he said.

According to Franco Mufinda, this process will need a study of the epidemiological link, which has already started and will be complemented by the Ministry of Health team, composed of senior technicians.

One of the patients in Cuanza Norte, informed Mufinda, "inspires care", for presenting other diseases.

At this time, Angola has a total of 148 cases, six deaths, 64 recovered and 78 active.

To date, 15,183 samples have been collected, of which 148 positive and 14,433 negative, 655 of which are being processed.

Transmissions at the local level have already reached 83 cases, with the largest import of cases from Russia, with 53%, while Portugal represents 38%.

 

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Source: https://www.prensa-latina.cu/index.p...o-por-covid-19


Angola reports 11 new cases and one died from Covid-19
Luanda, June 18 (Prensa Latina) The Minister of Health in Angola, S?lvia Lutucuta, reported 11 new cases and one died by Covid-19, and reiterated the call to comply with sanitary rules to mitigate the country's epidemic risk.

Faced with realities in other parts of the world, the spread of the disease has a less accelerated behavior here, but the national scenario could worsen if individual and collective protection measures are violated, the official said at a press conference.

There will be zero tolerance for those who violate sanitary fences and isolation measures, Lutucuta insisted, as the first cases of Covid-19 in the province of Cuanza Norte left Luanda for contempt of the established barriers.

As he explained, most of the positive results in the last 24 hours correspond to the investigations at the Multiperfil clinic in this capital and the Hoji-Ya-Henda neighborhood, in the municipality of Cazenga, after the establishment of sanitary fences at both sites to stop local transmission of the new coronavirus.

Added to the above is the diagnosis of a three-month-old baby, who arrived at the Luanda mother-child hospital due to respiratory infection.

Thus, Angola accumulates 166 confirmed cases, including eight deaths, 64 recovered patients and 94 with active virosis, said the member of the multisectoral commission for the prevention and fight against the pandemic.

Because of the epidemic threat, she recalled, the national territory continues under special regulations contemplated in the presidential decree on the Situation of Public Calamity.

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Lusa
19 Jun 2020 20:49
present
Angola with six more cases and total infected rises to 172
Angola today registered six new cases of infection with the new coronavirus, bringing the total number of registrations to 172, announced the minister of Health, Silvia Lutucuta.


In the daily epidemiological report, the official indicated that these are citizens between the ages of 9 and 29, with four of these cases related to the sanitary fence of the Hoji Ya Henda neighborhood, in Luanda, one with the Multiperfil clinic, and another with the province from Cuanza Norte, where three infections were recently diagnosed.

The total number of infected people thus rises to 172, with eight deaths, 66 recovered and 98 active, including one that requires special attention and the rest asymptomatic.

The tests are being carried out in three centers, having received 19,840 samples, of which 4,014 are being processed.

The covid-19 pandemic has already claimed more than 454,000 deaths and infected more than 8.5 million people in 196 countries and territories, according to a report by the French agency AFP.

In Africa, there are 7,395 confirmed deaths in more than 275,000 infected in 54 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 infections and deaths (1,664 cases and 32 deaths), followed by Guinea-Bissau (1,541 cases and 17 deaths), Cape Verde (848 cases and eight dead), S?o Tom? and Pr?ncipe (683 cases and 12 dead), Mozambique (668 cases and four dead) and Angola (172 infected and eight dead).

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

After Europe succeeded China as the center of the pandemic in February, the American continent is now the one with the most confirmed cases and the most deaths.

 

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Source: https://www.prensa-latina.cu/index....-angola-vinculos-epidemiologicos-por-covid-19

Epidemiological links investigated in Angola by Covid-19
Luanda, June 22 (Prensa Latina) With 97 active cases of Covid-19, Angola is trying to prevent the spread of contagion beyond the provinces of Luanda and Cuanza Norte, where they are carrying out different investigations on epidemiological links today.

According to the Ministry of Health, the source of contamination of four patients, whose diagnosis was confirmed yesterday in this capital, is still unknown, although the authorities reiterate that the epidemic process continues in a primary phase of local transmission.

The cases under investigation are a 38-year-old Eritrean citizen, residing in the municipality of Luanda, and three Angolans, inhabitants, interchangeably, of the Sambizanga district, the municipality of Viana and the Kilamba Kiaxi area.

According to the source, the analysis on the possible origin of the contagion, as well as the location of the personal contacts of the four patients, respond to the government's effort to try to contain the transmission chains of virosis.

The secretary of state for Public Health, Franco Mufinda, alerted yesterday at a press conference that among the recent cases there are two employees of the National Institute for Health Research, where the main laboratory for tests on Covid-19 is located.

At the moment, the building is being disinfected and it is hoped that it can resume its work tomorrow, after adopting other sanitary provisions, including the isolation of several workers on suspicion of contamination.

Health professionals working in risky places must be scrupulous in complying with individual and collective protection measures, reiterated Dr. Mufinda, who also serves as spokesperson for the multisectoral commission for the prevention and fight against Covid-19.

Angola has so far registered 183 confirmed cases, including nine deaths, 77 recovered and 97 active; that is, a contagion rate lower than the initial forecasts of the World Health Organization (WHO).

In recent statements to the press, the resident coordinator of the United Nations system, Paolo Balladelli, considered that preventive actions reduced the intensity of Covid-19 transmission and postponed the peak of the epidemic curve, but it cannot be lowered. the guard in control.

 

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Source: http://www.angop.ao/angola/pt_pt/no...ito,43d841d5-705b-448e-8ccc-4cf1a9e499cf.html

22 June 2020 | 19h28 - Updated on 22 June 2020 | 10:26 pm
Covid-19: Angola registers three more positive cases with one death
Luanda - The health authorities have registered, in the last 24 hours, three more positive cases, including one death.

The death involves a 66-year-old woman who was admitted to the military hospital in Luanda on Sunday.

According to the Minister of Health, S?lvia Lutucuta, who spoke at a press conference to update data, the country has 57 imported cases, 120 of local contamination and 9 with unknown epidemiological links.

With these data, the country sees an increase in the number of positive cases to 186, 99 of which are active, 77 recovered and 10 deaths.

 

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Source: https://www.prensa-latina.cu/index....a-con-ocho-nuevos-cas-confirmados-de-covid-19


Angola with eight new confirmed cases of Covid-19
Luanda, June 24 (Prensa Latina) Angola announced today another eight positive cases of Covid-19 in the province of Luanda, considered the epicenter of this epidemic outbreak in the country, which has accumulated 197 infections with a definite diagnosis.

As explained by the Secretary of State for Public Health, Franco Mufinda, the laboratory results in the last 24 hours contemplate two patients by local transmission of the virus and six with no epidemiological link defined at the moment.

At a press conference, the official specified that the eight contaminated reside in different areas of this province, including the Luanda district and the municipalities of Talatona and Belas.

The representative of the multisectoral commission for the prevention and fight against Covid-19 also highlighted the increase in the work of tracking the disease in healthcare centers as part of the routines of care for people suffering from acute respiratory infections.

So far, Angola has registered a total of 197 confirmed cases, 193 of them in Luanda and four in the province of Cuanza Norte, including 10 dead, 77 recovered and 110 patients with the virus in action.

 

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Source: https://jornaleconomico.sapo.pt/noticias/angola-com-15-novos-casos-ultrapassa-200-infecoes-605712

Angola with 15 new cases exceeds 200 infections
Jornal Econ?mico with Lusa 25 June 2020, 20:33

Angola recorded 15 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, the biggest rise in a single day since the pandemic began in the country.

Angola recorded 15 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, the biggest rise in a single day since the start of the pandemic in the country, which has surpassed the barrier of 200 infections, was announced today.

According to the Secretary of State for Public Health of Angola, Franco Mufinda, the 15 positive cases correspond to patients aged between 5 and 67 years, 10 of whom are female and five are male, all from Luanda.

Two cases are of local contamination, related to the Multiperfil Clinic, where several infections were registered, one related to one of those infected in the Hoji-Ya-Henda neighborhood and seven “with other cases”.

Another five cases have an “epidemiological link to be determined” and were detected within the scope of a random collection of 150 samples, in five national reference hospitals and three private clinics, taking into account the testing guidelines of positive case contacts during the period of quarantine and screening for severe acute respiratory diseases or worsening of respiratory syndrome, said the Secretary of State.

"We are testing a large number of contacts and taking samples in several conglomerates", he stressed, calling for the problem of covid-19 to be faced "with the seriousness it deserves" in view of the daily increase in cases.

Franco Mufinda insisted on the need for hand hygiene, the use of masks and physical distance, stressing that "the progress of the pandemic depends" on how protective measures are followed.

Angola now totals 212 infected, with ten deaths, 121 active and 81 recovered. In the last 24 hours, 347 samples were processed, with 22,895 harvests being carried out to date, with 212 being positive, 17,527 negative and the rest being processed.

At the end of the daily assessment of the epidemiological situation, the national director of Institutional Communication and the Press of the Ministry of Social Communication, Eduardo Magalh?es, announced the extension of the sanitary fence in Luanda until 23:59 on July 10, 2020.

 

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Source: https://www.sapo.pt/noticias/atuali...-em-angola-faz-subir_5ef64abe95fd5a36396ad873

Lusa
26 Jun 2020 20:14
present
Record of 32 new cases in Angola raises total to 244
Angola today counted 32 more cases of covid-19, the highest record ever, bringing the country's total infections to 244, the Secretary of State for Public Health announced today.

Of the new cases identified, 26 are women and six are men, aged between 3 and 82 years.

Luanda concentrates almost all of the new cases (28), with the remaining four being registered in Cuanza Norte, the only provinces with infections so far, said Franco Mufinda.

 

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276 cases; 11 deaths: https://www.covid19.gov.ao/

 

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Source: https://www.noticiasdeangola.co.ao/covid-19-pais-oito-casos-dois-obitos/

Covid-19: Country with eight more cases and two deaths
06/30/2020
By: Ivanine Silva

In the last 24 hours, the country registered eight more new cases of infection with the new coronavirus (covid-19), increasing to 284 cases in total. Two deaths were also recorded.

The Secretary of State for Public Health informed Public Health, Franco Mufinda, during the epidemiological situation of covid-19 in the country.

These are Angolan citizens, two female and six male, aged between 14 and 60 years. Of the new cases, two are locally transmitted and six have no epidemiological link.

As for deaths, these are two citizens who were receiving treatment to fight the disease and had a sudden worsening of their respiratory condition.

With these four new cases, the number of cases without an epidemiological link has now increased to 43.

The country now has 284 positive cases, of which 210 are local transmission, 178 active cases, 93 recovered and 13 deaths.

 

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Source: https://www.noticiasaominuto.com/mu...s-com-luanda-perto-de-transmissao-comunitaria

Angola increases to 15 deaths with Luanda close to community transmission
Angola recorded seven more cases of covid-19 in the last 24 hours, including two deaths, announced the Secretary of State for Public Health, warning that the pandemic in Luanda is close to community transmission.
Minute News
01/07/20 19:50 ‧ 3 hours ago by Lusa


According to Franco Mufinda, the new cases, two women and five men aged between 19 and 83 years, are locally transmitted.

As for the two deaths, both male, refer to a 74-year-old citizen who was hospitalized in the Exclusive Economic Zone, with arterial hypertension and who was part of the critical patients, and a diabetic, 57, who suffered a cardiorespiratory arrest on arrival at the Luanda Medical Center clinic.

Angola thus totals 291 infected by the new coronavirus, of which 15 deaths, 93 recovered and 178 active.

Franco Mufinda said that there are currently 43 cases of covid-19 with no known link, all in the province of Luanda, which is close to a community transmission scenario.

"There are only a few cases left to fall into the scenario of community transmission," said the minister, adding that health authorities are investigating the "conglomerates" that are taking place in Luanda to unravel the transmission chains.

"Only when it reaches 100 and the transmission chain is not unraveled, then we can talk about community transmission", underlined Franco Mufinda, calling for the reinforcement of protection measures.

In addition to Luanda, Angola only records cases of covid-19 in Cuanza Norte (four cases)...

 

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Source: https://www.noticiasaominuto.com/mundo/1522978/angola-registou-13-novas-infecoes-e-um-obito

Angola recorded 13 new infections and one death
Angola registered 13 new infections by the new coronavirus and one death, totaling 328 positive cases and 18 deaths, informed the secretary of State for Public Health, Franco Mufinda today.

Minute News
07/03/20 20:23 ‧ 28 mins ago by Lusa


The cases were registered in the localities of Maianga, Belas and Kilamba Kiaxi, with three of the new infections being transmitted locally, one imported from Russia and nine without an epidemiological link.

According to Franco Mufinda, of the positive cases, six are women and seven men, aged between 10 and 70 years.

With regard to death, she was a 22-year-old national citizen with other basic health problems, who died at Endiama's Sagrada Esperan?a clinic, where she was hospitalized for a week.

"She was intubated and also ventilated, unfortunately, today, her condition worsened and culminated in death," said Mufinda.

Statistics now point to the existence of 58 cases without an epidemiological link and 232 cases of local transmission.

Angola now has 328 positive cases, including 18 deaths, 107 recovered and 203 active cases.

The disease has been accelerating in Angola, which has seen the number of cases almost double in two weeks. As of June 17, the country had 155 infections, with seven deaths.

 

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Source: http://jornaldeangola.sapo.ao/socie...gisto-de-casos-positivos-nas-ultimas-24-horas

Covid-19: Angola with no record of positive cases in the last 24 hours
Angola Newspaper
July 6, 2020

After an exponential rise in positive cases from Covid-19, the country has not registered any new infections in the past 24 hours, and keeps the 353 infected, the Secretary of State for Health said in Luanda today.
Photography: DR

According to Franco Mufinda, in the last 24 hours 438 samples were processed and all were negative, having called for compliance with preventive measures to combat the new coronavirus.

During the session of the daily situation situation of Covid-19 in Angola, the minister made it known that, a total of 353 positive cases remain, of which 19 deaths, 108 recovered and 226, of which nine want special care.

 

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Source: https://www.prensa-latina.cu/index....-con-22-muertos-por-covid-19-informa-gobierno


Angola with 22 killed by Covid-19, reports government
Luanda, Jul 8 (Prensa Latina) Angola reported today the death of another person due to Covid-19, which brought the number of fatalities to 22, while contagion continues to increase.

In a press conference, the Secretary of State for Public Health explained that the dead patient is among the 10 confirmed infections during the last 24 hours, all of them in the province of Luanda.

Just a week ago, the citizen in question was apparently healthy until she began to present different symptoms treated as if it were a malaria infection, and in recent days it worsened due to acute respiratory failure, the official detailed.

With positive diagnoses in the last 24 hours, Angola accumulates 396 confirmed cases of Covid-19, including 22 dead, 117 recovered and 257 active, said the representative of the multisectoral commission for the prevention and fight against the pandemic.

As announced, on Wednesday about a thousand serological tests (rapid tests) were carried out on the same number of individuals in a busy Luanda market.

An investigation of the same nature happened in the province of Cuanza Norte on July 6 and 7, and the study is expected to continue in other capital districts and at risk groups, he said.

The serological examination reveals the person's immune response, by detecting the antibodies that the body produces while it is responding or has at some point responded to a certain infection, he said.

These antibodies are IgM (immunoglobulin M) and IgG (immunoglobulin G), which bind to the virus to deactivate or eliminate it.

A total of 71 serological tests in Luanda and Cuanza Norte were positive for one or the other antibodies, allowing appropriate measures to be taken to isolate the suspected cases and to proceed to molecular biology tests (RT-PCR), which offer the diagnosis of certainty for the Covid-19.

This epidemiological tracking, he said, should help contain the spread of the disease, by cutting possible transmission chains.

 

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Source: https://jornaleconomico.sapo.pt/not...rde-de-62-novos-casos-e-mais-uma-morte-611705

Covid-19: Angola announced record of 62 new cases and one more death
Jornal Econ?mico with Lusa 09 July 2020, 20:44

Angola recorded 62 new cases of covid-19 in the last 24 hours, the highest number since the beginning of the pandemic, and one more death, bringing the total to 23.

Angola has registered, in the last 24 hours, 62 new cases of covid-19, the highest number since the beginning of the pandemic, and one more death, bringing the total to 23, announced the Angolan Minister of Health, S?lvia Lutucuta.

The new cases, 12 female and the remainder male, aged between 02 and 59 years, resulted from the screenings that are being made in the “sentinel centers” to contacts with positive cases, passengers and several clusters , said the minister, at a press conference in Luanda.

As for death, he is a 41-year-old man, a critical patient who had been hospitalized for several days in a treatment center. Angola already registers 458 positive cases of the disease, of which 23 deaths, 117 recovered and 319 active.

The minister added that mass random testing has in the meantime been strengthened in recent days, "looking at high-risk conglomerates", such as the markets. In this context, 2,875 people have already been tested, of which 1,500 in the Kikolo market, and 1,000 in the “30” market, in the province of Luanda, and 375 in the province of Cuanza Norte.

At Kikolo, 87 reactive samples were detected, of which 16 IgM (with antibodies that indicate the active phase of the disease and 71 IgG (indicate that the person had contact with the virus but may be immunized). were reactive, including three IgMs. In Cuanza Norte, 14 reactive samples (12 IgG and 2 IgM) were recorded.

These serological tests are used to screen and detect antibodies related to covid-19, allowing the evaluation of the population's immunity and tracking any positive cases, said S?lvia Lutucuta.

The people who revealed IgM "are being taken for isolation" and all reactive cases will be tested by another method to have the results of molecular biology (test known as RT-PCR).

In addition to the markets, testing was also initiated by the National Police, "which interacts very often with citizens," said the health minister.

Mass testing continues on Friday at Kifangondo Martyrs, said S?lvia Lutucuta. The minister also said that "there have been reactive tests in the province of Hu?la" that are being proven by another method.

Due to the mandatory testing for people leaving the province of Luanda or Cazengo (province of Cuanza Norte), within the scope of the sanitary fence that remains in these places until August 9, “there were constraints”, acknowledged S?lvia Lutucuta, stressing that capacity building will be carried out at the main outlets in Luanda as of Friday. “We will do an average of 200 tests per day”, he estimated.

Asked if Angola already has community transmission of the disease, the minister admitted: “We are not far”. "There is no better way than to really go to the community, so we are doing testing on a large scale to make substantial samples to accept the community circulation, we are not far away and we have to be prepared", stressed the official, appealing to the population to comply measures to reduce the impact of the disease.

Even so, S?lvia Lutucuta considered that the numbers that have been detected in the markets are lower than what was expected.

“The expectation was to find 10%, but we are finding much lower figures, a percentage less than 0.8%. We are still in this scenario ”, he pointed out.

 

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Lusa
10 jul 2020 20:38
Angola increases to 462 cases with four more infections
Angola today increased the number of covid-19 cases to 462, with four more infected, announced the Angolan Secretary of State for Public Health, Franco Mufinda.

Angola increases to 462 cases with four more infections

The new cases concern three females and one male, aged between one and 32 years, one of those infected from Russia on a repatriation flight.

Franco Mufinda stressed that the Angolan health authorities continue to intensify testing in the community among markets, risk groups and sentinel centers, having today chosen the location of the Kinfangondo Martyrs, in Luanda, where around 1,000 people were screened, through rapid (serological) tests.

Among these, 69 were reactive to the test (IgG, revealing immunity to the virus or IgG / IgM, in transition) and six were IgM, which means that they are in the active phase of the disease, having been isolated.

The Secretary of State indicated that the percentage of reactive tests is lower than expected, with the majority being people who expressed immunity and "few people who are in the active phase of the disease".

In Cazengo, municipality of Cuanza Norte, which is under a sanitary fence, 250 people were tested, of which 12 reacted, 9 revealed immunity (IgG), one was in the transition phase and the other two were in an active phase.

Mass testing will be completed on Saturday at the Asa Branca market in Luanda.

Angola now has 462 confirmed cases, of which 23 are deaths, and 321 are active, including one patient in critical condition.

So far, more than 34 thousand samples have been processed, of which 1586 in the last 24 hours, revealing four positive cases.

Franco Mufinda said that the test carried out on a citizen who was in Hu?la, coming from Luanda, and had had a "reactive" result, turned out to be negative, in confirmation through the molecular biology test.

 

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Covid-19: Angola with 21 more positive cases and two deaths in the last 24 hours
Alberto Pegado and Xavier Ant?nio
July 11, 2020

Two deaths and 21 new positive cases from Covid-19 are the balance of the epidemiological situation in the country, in the last 24 hours, announced today, the Minister of Health, S?lvia Lutucuta.

The minister explained that of those infected, 20 are Angolan citizens and one Indian citizen, aged between 31 and 71 years old, mostly with mild symptoms.

As for deaths, he explained, the first patient was admitted to the Cl?nica Sagrada Esperan?a, in Luanda and had a worsening of his respiratory condition. The second, he continued, is a 62-year-old citizen who was admitted to the Covid-19 Treatment Clinic in Viana and had other comorbidities.

The spokeswoman for the Multisectoral Commission to Combat Covid-19, who spoke at the Anibal de Melo Press Center, said that Angola has 483 positive cases, of which 118 recovered, 25 deaths and 340 active patients admitted to health facilities. .