11 million doses of vaccines against

Speaking last night (Thursday 15 July) President Filipe Nyusi announced much stricter Covid-19 rules.

The night curfew is in effect from 9 pm to 4 am and applies to all provincial capitals, all cities, all municipalities and all towns. Restaurants, take-aways and home delivery services are open from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm. Stalls selling food products are open from 6:00 am to 5:00 pm, but the ban on the sale of alcoholic beverages remains. Shopping centres are open from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm from Monday to Saturday and from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm on Sundays and public holidays. Bottle stores are open from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm from Monday to Saturday and are closed on Sundays and public holidays. Bakeries and pastry shops are open from 5:00 am to 6:00 pm

Public institutions are open from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm, except for essential services, and the private sector is encouraged to follow the same measure.

Classes in primary, secondary and higher education are suspended for 30 days in the greater Maputo metropolitan area, including Manhica, and in Xai-Xai, Inhambane city, Beira, Chimoio, Tete city and Dondo. Pre-school education is suspended for 30 days nationwide. All religious services and celebrations, and conferences and meetings are suspended and theatres, casinos, cinemas, concert halls are closed. All private social events are prohibited, except for civil and religious wedding ceremonies, which must not exceed 20 people. The number of participants in wakes and funerals is reduced to 20 people, except in cases where there was death by COVID, where the maximum number of participants is 10. Meetings in public and private institutions must not exceed 15 people in closed places and 30 people in open places, without exceeding 50% of the capacity. Restrictions are tightened on foreign travel. All passengers arriving in Mozambique must present a PCR test done 72 hours before departure, even if they have a vaccination card. The validity of PCR tests for short cross-border trips is now only 7 days By August, 11 million doses of vaccines against COVID-19 will arrive in the country, Nyusi said.