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Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Portugal will resume \u201cwithin days\u201d commercial flights from Mozambique, but only for essential trips, and with passengers required to present a negative result from a recent coronavirus test before embarking, as well as being tested on arrival and being obliged to spend a period in quarantine, the minister of foreign affairs told Lusa.<\/p>\n

According to Augusto Santos Silva, the order ending the suspension of flights involves his ministry and the Ministry of Internal Administration, Ministry of Health and Ministry of Infrastructure, and is currently being drawn up.<\/p>\n

Commercial flights will be only for essential journeys, such as \u201cfor purposes of work, study, family reunification, return of residents from Portugal or residents in Portugal to Portugal,\u201d Santos Silva said.<\/p>\n

Adding that \u201conly essential trips are allowed at this stage of the pandemic, not yet those for tourism,\u201d the minister stressed the additional conditions: \u201cA negative test on embarking, test on arrival and a period of quarantine.\u201d<\/p>\n

The two repatriation flights already planned will still take place, before commercial flights between Portugal and Mozambique resume, he added.<\/p>\n

Santos Silva recalled that the reason for the original suspension \u201cwas the irruption of a new variant and the need for the health authorities to have sufficient time to carefully analyse the effects of the new variant.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe health and scientific authorities have had the opportunity to learn more about the new variant, about the ability of the vaccines being used to respond to it, and that knowledge has allowed us to lower the level of restrictions, albeit very carefully, because we need to be very cautious in the management of the pandemic,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Flights to Mozambique have been suspended since midnight on 28 November, by decision of the European Union, a decision that Portugal opposed.<\/p>\n

On Thursday its prime minister, Ant\u00f3nio Costa, spoke out against the restriction of flights from countries such as Mozambique, in comments made in the first debate of the Standing Committee of parliament after the president, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, dissolved the assembly and called snap elections for 30 January.<\/p>\n

Santos Silva recalled that \u201cthe decision to suspend flights from Southern Africa was taken within the European Union, with the participation of Portugal, but taken by all 27 member states.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe expressed many doubts and reservations about that decision, particularly about the inclusion of Mozambique in the group of countries neighbouring South Africa that should be considered,\u201d he said. \u201cHowever, these last few days have shown that, fortunately, the fears that motivated this decision were unfounded.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrance has already resumed flights with South Africa and Portugal will resume flights, in the case of Mozambique, we have no direct flights with South Africa,\u201d he noted. \u201cCertainly other countries will take similar decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Worldwide, the Covid-19 pandemic has claimed at least 5,286,793 lives, out of more than 267, 88 million cases, since the disease was detected in December 2019 in China.<\/p>\n

The respiratory disease is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, detected in late 2019 in Wuhan, a city in central China, and currently with variants identified in several countries.<\/p>\n

A new variant, Omicron, classified as \u201cworrying\u201d by the World Health Organisation, was detected in southern Africa, but since South African health authorities sounded the alert on 24 November, infections have been reported in 57 countries on all continents, including Portugal.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Mozambique<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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