Angola’s Health Ministry (MINSA) has created permanent Covid-19 testing sites in Luanda province to assist people who have recently returned to the country, the Secretary of State for Public Health, Franco Mufinda has said.
In a press covid-19 briefing on Saturday, Franco Mufinda said permanent testing sites were located in the municipalities of Luanda (headquarters) at the local health department, Cacuaco, Quissama, Icolo and Bengo, Viana, Talatona and Cazenga at their respective local hospital facilities.
While in the municipalities of Belas it was installed in the school 2011 and Kilamba Kiaxi at Luanda General Hospital.
“All citizens who have not been tested yet should go to the nearest post in their municipality to get tested on Monday. The current activity taking place at the Américo Boavida Hospital will be sporadic ”, he stressed.
He also reiterated permanent the massive testing activity to all citizens recently returned to the country and who have fulfilled the time set for home quarantine, taking place at Hospital Boavida Neto.
As for the mortality rate in terms of the age, he said that 84 deaths out of 117 registered so far are people aged over 50, representing 79 percent.
“In every 100 deaths in Angola, 79 are aged over 50 years,” he said, during the update covid-19 session, in the last 24 hours.
Angola reached 2,935 positive cases, with 117 deaths, 1,192 recovered and 1,626 active, in last 24 hours.
In terms of the distribution of infected cases in the country, Franco Mufinda reaffirmed that Luanda remains the epicenter of the disease, followed by the province of Zaíre, Cabinda, Cuanza Norte, Cunene, Huíla, Bie, Huambo, Malanje, Moxico, Lunda Sul and Uíge.
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