Saurimo - The Catoca Mining Society plans to distribute 5,000 face masks to students of 25 schools around the mining project, located in the municipality of Saurimo, Lunda Sul province, as part of biosafety measures to protect them.
According to the head of the social area of the company, Osvaldo Pinto, in addition to the masks, detergent have already been distributed to create hand washing points in these schools.
On the other hand, the deputy coordinator of the Provincial Commission for Rapid Response to Covid-19 in Lunda Sul, Viegas de Almeida, advised the population to reinforce preventive measures.
Lunda Sul province has already registered 13 positive cases of covid-19, with 12 recoveries.