Maputo — Daviz Simango, the Mayor of Beira, and leader of the country's second largest opposition party, the Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM), died on Monday morning in South Africa from health problems related to the Covid-19 respiratory disease.
Simango was evacuated to South Africa on 13 February. A few days earlier, his wife tested positive for the coronavirus that causes Covid-19, but when Simango himself was tested, the result came back negative.
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