Total’s LNG Project Is Mozambique’s Coronavirus Epicenter
- Health ministry says 18 cases out of 28 traced to Total site
- Country pins hopes for economic growth on $23-billion project
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Two-thirds of Mozambique’s 28 confirmed cases of the coronavirus are linked to the site of Total SA’s $23 billion natural-gas project, which has been put under quarantine.
The government said Monday that seven new cases are all connected to the project. That adds to the first person to test positive at the site, known as “patient number 10,” who transmitted the disease to at least 10 others, according to the health ministry. Contact tracing and testing is ongoing.