Luanda – The country starts this Saturday, 12, until 10 January 2021 its seventh period of Public Calamity Situation, in force in Angola since last May, aiming at the control of Covid-19.
The government decreed, in advance, new preventive measures against the Covid-19 pandemic.
Despite the fact the current trend is a decrease in cases, the authorities have called on citizens in general to obey the measures set in place by the government.
According to the new decree, the wearing of mask is still compulsory in public places and Luanda Province continues to be under cordon sanitaire.
According to the new measure, markets can now open five days a week (Tuesday to Saturday), from six in the morning to 03.00 pm. Convenience shops and supermarkets are to operate their business from 07.00 am to 09.00 pm.
In the same ambit, activities and meetings held in closed-circuit must happen only with 50 per cent of the venue’s capacity, higher than that requires unequivocal permission from the authorities.
