Mozambique warns of rising coronavirus cases

The Mozambican health authorities have expressed concern over the rising COVID-19 cases and the growing number of people going to hospital.

The health system could be saturated by the trend, National Deputy Director of Public Health Benigna Matsinhe warned.

Dr Matsinhe said it was time to increase preventive measures, as she believes that there are many people infected with COVID-19, travelling around the country.

The country on Thursday recorded an additional death from the virus bringing the total number of fatalities to 26.

There was an additional 90 positive cases of Covid-19, bringing the number of people infected by the virus to 4,207.