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Africa-Press<\/a> – Mozambique<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Chairperson (speaker) of the Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, Esperanca Bias, has caught the Covid-19 respiratory disease, and has urged those who have been in contact with her over the previous 72 hours to follow the recommendations of the health authorities, including going into quarantine.<\/p>\n

A press release from the Assembly said that Bias undertook a Covid-19 test on Friday as part of her preparations for a visit abroad. The test showed that she was positive for the coronavirus that causes Covid-19.<\/p>\n

\u201cCurrently she is showing no symptoms, and is in home isolation\u201d, said the release.<\/p>\n

Bias urged all Mozambicans to follow preventive measures against Covid-19, such as frequent washing of hands, social distancing, wearing masks in public, and avoiding crowds,<\/p>\n

Over the past week, Bias made working visits to the northern provinces of Cabo Delgado and Nampula. On Wednesday, in the Cabo Delgado provincial capital, Pemba, she delivered a donation for victims of the terrorism that has struck the province since October 2017, and has displaced over 700,000 people from their homes.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, she visited the Corrane camp in Meconta district, Nampula province, which is accommodating about 4,000 displaced people who have fled from the terrorist attacks in Cabo Delgado.<\/p>\n

She visited houses, tents and the medical centre at Corrane, and held a meeting with a representative group of the displaced people and leaders of the host community. Currently, 3,969 people are living at the Corrane centre, only 1,633 of whom are adults.<\/p>\n

Of the children, 1,374 are girls and 962 are boys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. The Chairperson (speaker) of the Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, Esperanca Bias, has caught the Covid-19 respiratory disease, and has urged those who have been in contact with her over the previous 72 hours to follow the recommendations of the health authorities, including going into quarantine. 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