Covid-19: Angolans violate covid-19 prevention rules because of hunger. Women become the main victims.

According to sources from one of luanda's cemeteries, before the declaration of the state of emergency, the cemetery was recording only 15 to 25 funerals daily, but now has risen to more than 50 funerals a day. Interestingly, these people are not dying of coronavirus. So far, Angola has recorded only two deaths from covid-19.

 What then is the main cause of death of these people?

"People are disobeying, because where there is hunger, laws are not respected." It was well predicted that coronavirus would increase hunger, crime and poverty in Africa, long time before this invisible enemy attacked the continent.

The prolongations of the state of emergency in the country have been a great punishment for thousands of Angolans, especially the most vulnerable. Which leads Citizens to put their health at risk when they go out on the streets to look for daily bread. The crowding of people continues to be visible, whether in leisure areas or in commercial establishments and banks, without maintaining the required social distance. Especially in the peripheral neighbourhoods, where people continue to circulate, "moving around in bars and tents work" as if nothing had happened.

It is impossible to comply with the rules of prevention in a country with low and bad quality of life. Women have been the main victims of this misfortune. Many of them are single mothers and street traders. If they do not go out to sell, they will not eat. We have witnessed daily beatings and murders of these ladies constantly by running over on the roads while trying to escape the police. These cops use force against them when they're found selling on the streets, as if not enough, they also steal their products. Moreover, at the end of the working day, many women are assaulted by their husbands inside the home. Unfortunately, the covid-19 pandemic also increases the rate of domestic violence that continues to be one of the leading causes of women's death in Africa.

A large part of the inhabitants works  in informal sector enterprise. The Social isolation has decreased a lot, i.e. it has cut off the income of these people. Food, sanitary products and biosecurity materials are very expensive. Poor people cannot afford.

Hunger plagues many families, cooking gas prices has increased and it is scarce, education is at risk, drinking water is lacking in peripheral areas for years, resulting in non-compliance with hygiene rules against covid-19. People are not washing their hands constantly. Many just take a shower in the morning and that's enough. We also observed an increase in the number of domestic violence, poverty and crimes of murder and theft. It should be noted that Angola does not have any food distribution system and also does not offer support to the neediest who often die of hunger and life disgust.

The office for Citizenship and Civil Society of the MPLA, is accused of being distributing to several leaders of the party in the power and friends of the office director Anabela dos Santos Dinis, basic baskets of food that were supposed to be destined to the most vulnerable people of Angola.

These corrupt leaders enter with their personal vehicle in the warehouses located near the headquarters of MPLA, where “PONTUAL” (advertising company of these comrades) is located and from there they are supplied with various food and biosafety goods.

Since the emerge of coronavírus pandemic in Angola, the funerals in the cemeteries rose from 10 to 50 burials a day. It is obvious that people are not dying from Covid-19 but rather because of hunger, domestic violence, home burglaries and other street crimes, which has increased significantly during coronavirus pandemic. These and other factors force Angolans to break the rules of prevention and go out into the streets in order to search for daily bread.

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An article by: Sofonie Dala