There has been a sharp rise over the past fortnight of recorded cases of coronavirus in Mozambique after months when figures were either in decline or had stabilised.

From 13 new daily cases at the beginning of the month, that figure now stands at 250, statistics from data collation website Our World in Data show.

Over 1,000 cases have been recorded since Friday.

The large majority of these were found in the capital, Maputo, putting it at the centre of what looks like a fourth wave of infections in the country.

Mozambique neighbours South Africa which has seen a large increase in infections attributed to the Omicron variant.

Meanwhile, Mozambique’s health ministry is relying on a mass vaccination campaign to help tackle the growing problem.

It has launched a programme of mobile vaccination units to try and cover as many people as possible.

Just over 1,900 people are recorded to have died from coronavirus in Mozambique since the outbreak began last year.

Source: bbc