Mauritius has received a donation of 100,000 doses of Covishield vaccine donated by India that will be used to vaccinate a first group of 50,000 front-liners. Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth was at the airport to receive the vaccines that came on board an Air Mauritius flight from India. He said that the vaccination campaign that will begin shortly will allow a review of the conditions of entry of passengers in the island-nation and the tourism sector to restart.
“The objective is to vaccinate more than 60% of the population in order to achieve collective immunity in the country”, he indicated.
Meanwhile, a National Deployment and Vaccination Plan for COVID-19 Vaccines has been set up in Mauritius. The Plan highlights the regulatory preparedness, the planning and coordination of the introduction of the vaccine, its supply chain management, service delivery and healthcare waste management and includes human resources management and training.
At its weekly meeting Friday, the Cabinet took note of the alarming situation of the COVID-19 pandemic prevailing across the world and the spread of the new variants of the virus.
It said in a communiqué that with regard to Mauritius, no local case has been recorded since 26 November 2020. As at 22 January 2021, 556 cases of COVID-19 had been registered. There were currently 22 active imported cases of COVID-19 in Mauritius.