The government has deactivated 34 accommodation centers, of the 71 that had been set up to take in people affected by Cyclone Jude, which two weeks ago devastated the provinces of Nampula, Cabo Delgado and Niassa, in northern Mozambique, and Zambezia, Tete and Manica, in central Mozambique..

The government spokesman, Inocêncio Impissa, explained that the centers were shut down because the people who were there had received the proper assistance.

Cited by AIMImpissa, who is also Minister of State Administration and Civil Service, announced this at a press briefing minutes after the end of the 9th ordinary session of the Council of Ministers, which took place on Tuesday (25) in the city of Lichinga, in the northern province of Niassa.

According to Impissa, assistance to those affected by Jude consists, in the first hour, of providing basic support for the resistance and accommodation of the affected populations, in addition to some solidarity activity from neighbors and other people.

"Our role has been to supply essential goods, to provide assistance in terms of housing, hot food and kits for the first few weeks so that people can get back on their feet and be able to feed themselves in the first few days, especially those who have lost the ability to provide for themselves," he said.

According to the spokesperson, the executive provided initial health care, as well as basic necessities and dignity kits, particularly for girls and women.

During his time in Mozambique, Jude killed 14 people and injured 60, most of them from collapsed walls, lightning strikes and drowning, mainly in Nampula and Niassa.

Jude destroyed a total of 20,180 houses, of which 13,139 were partially destroyed and 7,041 were completely destroyed, giving 100,070 people affected, the equivalent of 19,899 families.

The health sector saw 30 health facilities partially destroyed.

In education, 182 classrooms in 59 schools, affecting at least 17,401 students and 264 teachers.

Cyclone Jude formed on March 6 in the southwestern Indian Ocean basin as a low-pressure system, evolving into a tropical cyclone, and reached the continent through the district of Mossuril, in Nampula, with strong, gusty winds and heavy rain.

(Photo DR)