The Minister of Health, Armindo Tiago, revealed this Monday that the government will carry out a vaccine caravan in order to accelerate the immunization process against covid-19. According to Armindo Tiago, the process will be conducted, in a pilot phase, in Maputo city, passing through places of higher population concentration and will be vaccinated with...
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UK begins requiring anti-covid-19 testing of all travelers today
The UK Government announced on Saturday that all travelers wishing to land at UK airports from today, Tuesday, will be required to hold a negative anti-covid-19 test, which must be taken no later than 48 hours before arrival in the country. According to the British Secretary of State for Health, Sajid Javid these...
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A new intelligent and sustainable system that detects forest fires in seconds
Fire Detection is an intelligent solution, based on Minsait's Onesait Phygital Edge platform, that uses electricity towers and lines as surveillance posts. It is a project developed jointly by UFD, Spain's third largest electricity distribution operator from the Naturgy group, and Minsait, an Indra technology company....
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Volatile weekend, devalues Bitcoin by 17% in 24 hours
Bitcoin, the world's best-known electronic currency lost its value by 17% in 24 hours being worth less than $50,000 this Monday, according to Investing. The devaluation that began late last week followed a broader negative sentiment in international markets as the new variant of the...
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INSS surpasses in 105% the goal of debt recovery with taxpayers
The National Institute of Social Security (INSS) has recovered 538,421,681.23 meticais of the debt of contributions to the Social Security System, until the third quarter of the current year. According to the institution, which revealed the information on Wednesday (01), at the opening of the National Seminar on Contribution Debt Management, in Maputo province,...
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Moody's maintains stable outlook for European banking
The 'rating' agency Moody's maintains a stable outlook for European banking thanks to the sustained pace of economic recovery and the good level of capital that banks have to face insolvencies, according to Lusa. Moody's report highlights the overall "good health" of most European financial systems.
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Covid-19: Portuguese launch petition to resume flights with Mozambique
The Portuguese Association (AP) in Mozambique has launched a petition for the re-establishment of regular air connection between Maputo and Lisbon, and to remove the obligation of 14 days isolation on arrival in Portugal. According to the vice-president of AP, Alexandre Costa, the petition represents a great revolt of what AP has observed in...
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State expels nearly 200 civil servants
The Deputy Minister of State Administration, Inocêncio Impissa, said that about 200 civil servants across the country were expelled from the State apparatus in the first six months of 2021 alone, as a result of 784 disciplinary proceedings. Addressing the central ceremony of the Anti-Corruption Week last week in Maputo, the Deputy Minister said that 97...
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Former Minister of Public Works, Júlio Carrilho, dies
The former Minister of Public Works and Housing, Julio Eduardo Zamith Carrilho, died yesterday morning (Sunday, 05) at his home in Maputo, according to family sources. Julio Carrilho was born in the city of Pemba, in Cabo Delgado province, in 1946, and graduated in architecture in Lisbon (Portugal) in 1971. He was Secretary of State of Works...
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Insufficient records could leave millions without vaccines in Africa
Insufficient civil registries in Africa could exclude millions of people from vaccination against covid-19 for lack of access to documentation and health services, concludes a study by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation quoted by Lusa. According to the study "Covid-19 in Africa: a difficult road to recovery," more than 50% of children born in...