At least six citizens, of Asian origin,
five Chinese and one Korean, are currently in quarantine in the city of Nampula
after arriving at Nampula International Airport. ‘Carta de Moçambique’ reports.
All six citizens were isolated after being screened on landing at Nampula
International Airport on Friday afternoon. Preliminary tests carried out after
disembarking did not however reveal any coronavirus infection.
The disease has killed more than 1,600
people in China and infected thousands.
Secretary of State for Nampula Mety
Gondola revealed details of the operation to the press in the country’s
third-largest city on Friday afternoon.
At the moment, the six Asians are
quarantined in their places of residence, similar to the first case, registered
in Maputo, where citizens are observing their “voluntary quarantine” in a hotel
in the capital.
Gondola (province Manica) said the quarantine period aimed
to prevent the spread of the disease in the province and country. In contrast
to the more usual 14 day isolation, the Secretary of State for Nampula has laid
down a minimum period of a month, those involved to be monitored by health
sector professionals as a precaution. Gondola said there was no cause for alarm
and that a team of doctors was monitoring the situation. Nampula is
Mozambique’s most populous province, with more than six million residents. Without
revealing what quarantine capacity the city and province of Nampula actually
had, Gondola nevertheless said that the province was still a position to
receive visitors from all corners of the world.
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