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Schools in Mozambique's capital city are being forced to close for a week after heavy rains caused widespread flooding to buildings and roads. The Ugandan government has instructed all civil servants to spend two hours a week doing physical exercise to keep them fit and healthy.
The closures affect all of Maputo's state and private schools. The directive was shared in a letter to government agencies from the head of public service, Lucy Nakyobe, who said the sessions would "help save the lives of staff and reduce the disease burden".
Eighteen accommodation centres are available for people in need, city authorities say, but these only house a few thousand people. The Government of Uganda also tweeted that the initiative will "tame the rising burden of lifestyle disease" in the country:
A total of almost 43,000 people have been affected by the flooding, according to Maputo Municipal Council. It comes two years after a national health survey showed obesity rates in the country had risen from 17% to 26% in the last 17 years.
"We are providing food assistance, buckets, blankets, mats and we are also providing assistance, in coordination with the relief agency, INGD, in providing tents and a little of what they need," says local councillor Anabela Inguane. This is not the first time Uganda's government has introduced initiatives to encourage exercise. In 2018, Uganda brought in the national day for physical activity which sees sporting activities held across the country.
At least two people have died since the downpour began on Sunday. Dr Charles Oyoo Akiya, the commissioner for non-communicable diseases prevention, told local media that the health ministry had already been running exercise sessions for their staff, and they wanted to see it adopted across all departments.
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