{"id":11507,"date":"2022-01-04T14:59:18","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T14:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/?p=11507"},"modified":"2022-01-04T14:59:18","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T14:59:18","slug":"mozambique-president-and-wife-test-positive-for-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/policy\/mozambique-president-and-wife-test-positive-for-covid-19","title":{"rendered":"Mozambique president and wife test positive for COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\" data-testid=\"paragraph-0\">Mozambique&#8217;s President Filipe Nyusi and his wife Isaura have tested positive for COVID-19 and are isolating, the president&#8217;s office said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\" data-testid=\"paragraph-1\">Nyusi and his wife took rapid tests and were asymptomatic but immediately decided to isolate while awaiting their PCR results, the presidency statement said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"SpacingContainer__container___2kvuUN SpacingContainer__max-width___1aBoiA\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\" data-testid=\"paragraph-2\">Mozambique&#8217;s coronavirus infections are at their peak, data from a Reuters tracker show, with the average number of new cases increasing for seven days in a row.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\" data-testid=\"paragraph-3\">In total, it has recorded over 2,000 COVID-19 related deaths and 192,000 infections during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<div class=\"SpacingContainer__container___2kvuUN SpacingContainer__max-width___1aBoiA\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\" data-testid=\"paragraph-4\">Impoverished Mozambique is grappling with a debt crisis and an Islamist insurgency as well as COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs\" data-testid=\"paragraph-5\">The discovery of massive natural gas reserves saw Mozambique emerge as a potential major fuel exporter, but graft scandals and the insurgency have undermined that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mozambique&#8217;s President Filipe Nyusi and his wife Isaura have tested positive for COVID-19 and are isolating, the president&#8217;s office said on Monday. Nyusi and his wife took rapid tests and were asymptomatic but immediately decided to isolate while awaiting their PCR results, the presidency statement said. 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