Day: January 6, 2022

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President rules out political-administrative division before elections

Luanda – The possibility of changing the political and administrative division of the country before the general elections in August this year was Thursday ruled out by the President of the Republic, João Lourenço.

In a press conference given to five national and foreign media outlets, the Head of State said that, once the intention had been expressed and a public hearing had been held, the new division should not take place because of the need to mobilise resources for the approved provincial headquarters.

He stated that the new political and administrative division of the country would also imply the creation of infrastructures, especially in the localities that would host the new provincial capitals and their own budgets.

In July of last year the President of the Republic had set up a multi-sectoral commission to change Angola’s political and administrative division.

Source: Angola Press News Agency

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Foreign minister hails Angola and South Korea cooperation

Luanda – Angolan Foreign minister, Téte António, Thursday praised the resilience and courage of Angola and South Korea in boosting bilateral cooperation at a time of the Covid-19 pandemic.

In a message sent to his Korean counterpart, Chung Eui-Yong, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, Téte António stressed that Angola and South Korea have always had an excellent and mutually advantageous relationship.

“These excellent relations are summed up in the exchange of visits at the most varied levels for regular consultations on domestic and international issues of bilateral interest,” he stressed.

In 1993 Angola and South Korea signed a General Agreement on Economic, Technical and Scientific Cooperation, on which basis a Bilateral Commission was established, whose first working session, in 2004, was held in Luanda and the second, in 2009, in Seoul.

The third meeting of the Bilateral Commission between the two countries is scheduled for April this year.

Source: Angola Press News Agency

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Covid-19: Governor of Bié wants to reinforce biosafety measures

Cuito – The governor of central Bié province, Pereira Alfredo, said today in Cuito city that municipal administrations, defence and security bodies, social institutions and residents’ committees should sensitise the population to the compulsory fulfillment of biosafety norms as well as to the adherence to vaccination posts.

Speaking at a meeting with municipal administrators and managers of hospital units, Pereira Alfredo said the authorities’ aim was, by March of this year, to have vaccination coverage of at least 50 percent, as compared to 39 percent at the moment.

Taking into account the lack of nursing professionals, the governor recommended the health sector to persuade final year students of the Polytechnic Higher School and of secondary education institutions, to take part in the process, given their experience.

He said, on the other hand, that the province has all the human and financial conditions, vaccines and materials, for the vaccination and sensitising actions to fight against covid-19 within the communities.

The measures to counter the increase of covid-19 cases in the region are the reinforcement of border surveillance with the provinces of Cuando Cubango, Huambo, Cuanza-Sul, Moxico, Malange, as well as means, namely thermometers, rapid tests and others.

Source: Angola Press News Agency

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Covid-19: Angola reports 2,789 recoveries, 989 new cases

Luanda – Angola has reported 2,789 patients recovered, 989 new infections and 10 deaths over the last 24 hours.

According to the daily health bulletin, 2,721 people recovered reside in Luanda, 36 in Huíla, 26 in Huambo and 6 in Uíge.

Among the new cases, the bulletin said, 512 were diagnosed in Luanda, 101 in Cabinda, 87 in Benguela, 76 in Lunda Norte, 73 in Huambo, 64 in Namibe, 27 in Cuanza Sul, 18 in Lunda Sul, 16 in Uíge and 15 in Huíla.

Aged between one month and 91 years, 602 are male and 387 are female.

In the last 24 hours, the laboratories processed 3,847 samples, with a daily positivity rate of 25.7 percent.

The deaths were registered in Luanda province.

Angola has 87,625 confirmed cases, 70,266 recovered, 1,799 deaths and 15,560 active cases. Of those active, 12 are in a critical state, 44 serious, 57 moderate, 90 light and 15,357 asymptomatic.

In the treatment centres, 292 patients are hospitalised, while 170 are in institutional quarantine.

Source: Angola Press News Agency

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New Américo Boavida Hospital ready by 2025

Luanda – The President of the Republic, João Lourenço, said Thursday that the Américo Boavida hospital in Luanda would be rehabilitated in the next two or three years.

Last December, the health unit was visited by the Head of State who left guidelines for the start of rehabilitation and expansion work starting this month.

Founded in 1958, the hospital has for some years shown strong signs of degradation.

“In two or three years time we will have a new Hospital Américo Boavida,” said the President of the Republic, who was speaking to journalists from five national and foreign media outlets.

On the occasion, he regretted the fact that the Américo Boavida hospital has not yet been rehabilitated, despite having directed the execution of the works in 2018.

Source: Angola Press News Agency

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Moxico governor wants strong approach against Covid-19

Luena – The governor of eastern Moxico province, Gonçalves Muandumba, on Wednesday in Luena called for a “forceful” approach in the reinforcement of awareness against Covid-19, in view of the 390 new cases of the omicron variant, registered in the province.

The province recorded in the first four days of 2022, 390 cases of the Omicron variant of Covid-19, mostly involving men aged between 20 and 29 years.

The provincial department of Public Health attributes the vertiginous increase of cases to the disobedience of prevention methods, namely, the use of face mask, alcohol gel and physical distancing.

For the governor, who was speaking during a meeting with health, political, religious and traditional authorities of the province, the increase of cases should oblige a more forceful approach in the awareness campaigns for the population to comply with the prevention measures.

Recognising the slowdown in the application of biosecurity measures in the region, he said that action should be taken, together with the communities, to avoid the worst.

These efforts in the awareness campaign, according to the governor, aims to encourage compliance with security measures and the adherence of people to vaccination posts.

Source: Angola Press News Agency

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Minister highlights achievements of poet Agostinho Neto

Luanda – The minister of Culture, Tourism and Environment, Filipe Zau, highlighted, this Thursday, the poet Agostinho Neto’s achievements as a thinker in art and politics.

In declarations to the press, at the end of a visit to the Memorial António Agostinho Neto, in Luanda, in the opening of the allusive activities to the Day of the National Culture, Filipe Zau had referred that the founder of the nation must be seen as the guide who inspired the liberation struggle, so that the dreams of the Angolans were a reality.

According to the government minister, the national hero made so that the new and future generations may have reference to follow, in the independence consolidation, so that the progress path may be made in the most sustainable and consistent way.

Source: Angola Press News Agency

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