By ARNALDO VIEIRA More by this AuthorAngolan authorities on Wednesday maintained restrictions imposed on the capital, Luanda, after two more people with no travel history tested positive for Covid-19. SOLDIERS INFECTEDMeanwhile, authorities last week announced that 30 soldiers working for the Angolan presidential security service had contracted the virus. Mr Sebastião said they were all isolated and were not a threat to President João Lourenço and First Lady Ana Dias Lourenço. “The infected soldiers belong to the fourth ring of the president security and are not in direct contact with the presidential couple”, he said. “Following the WHO and the local sanitary authority’s recommendations, all the members who were in the gathering have to be tested,” Mr Carlos said.

Source: Daily Nation July 18, 2020 13:18 UTC