Association for the Protection of the Environment and Consumers
Du 10 au 16 mai, 2 074 cas de dengue ont été confirmés à l’île de La Réunion. L’épidémie se poursuit à un niveau élevé malgré le début de l’hiver austral (près de 2 000 cas confirmés chaque semaine depuis 4 semaines). Elle touche l’ensemble du territoire.
Source : LINFO.re
The police has informed the population that it is strictly forbidden to leave the Red Zones. Except for certain exceptional cases, people with significant medical needs, people required to appear in court and essential services holders of WAP. Members of the public are encouraged to inform the police of any violations of the rules established on Hotline 183.
The coronavirus figures presented on Tuesday, May 25, 2021 by the prefecture and the Regional Health Agency of La Reunion are not good. Over the period from May 15 to 21, they show a significant increase in the number of cases with a weekly incidence rate which now stands at 156/100 000 inhabitants, the highest figure reached in Reunion since the beginning. of the epidemic, and a positivity rate up to 6.1%.
Highlights
1. Labour force decreased by 20,900 (-18,100 males and -2,800 females) from 591,000 in 2019 to 570,100 in 2020. During the same period, the number of those outside labour force increased by 26,000 from 405,600 to 431,600.
2. Mauritian employment decreased by 33,400 (-28,800 males and -4,600 females) from 551,300 in 2019 to 517,900 in 2020.
3. Unemployment increased by 12,500 (+10,700 males and +1,800 females) from 39,700 in 2019 to 52,200 in 2020 resulting in an unemployment rate of 9.2%. From 2019 to 2020, male unemployment rate increased from 4.4% to 7.8% and female unemployment rate rose from 10.2% to 11.1%.
4. Unemployment rate in 2020 was highest in the lowest age group (16 to 24 years) with a rate of 26.1% (23.2% for male and 29.6% for female) and decreased progressively with increasing age.
5. Those outside the labour force (economically inactive) increased by 26,000 from 405,600 in 2019 to 431,600 in 2020.
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The Minister of Health said that the English variant was detected in two patients who tested positive on their return to the country while nine others were infected with the South African variant. In addition, the majority of local patients whose samples have been sequenced are contaminated with a variant of interest.
On January 9 of this year, 20 samples of samples taken from passengers returning to Mauritius were sent to England for sequencing. Of these, three were carriers of the South African variant, 14 infected with a variant that “does not change the way the virus works” and three samples could not be analyzed.
Another batch of 20 samples was sent to the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) in South Africa. These were 17 imported cases and 3 local cases. Three cases of the South African variant and one case of the English variant were detected.
The third batch, which consisted of 40 samples consisting of seven imported cases and 33 local cases, was sent to South Africa on March 13. It was in this batch that the B 1.1.318 variant, classified as variant of interest, was detected in local patients. This variant is present in 32 countries. This batch also revealed a case of a South African variant and a case of an English variant in quarantined passengers.
Some 21,000 people have been booked for not having worn a sanitary mask (Section 79 of the Public Health Act) or for having committed a “breach of temporary movement order”, among others, under the Quarantine Act.
224 cases of non-compliance with health protocol during confinement will thus be heard by the Courts from May 17 to 21, 2021. They face a fine not exceeding Rs 500,000 and imprisonment not exceeding five years.
The Small Farmers Welfare Fund will provide financial assistance of Rs 2,000 per arpent in favour of planters, under the Agricultural Calamities Solidarity Scheme, who have suffered losses following the torrential rainfall which occurred in March 2021 and as from 16 April 2021.
In addition, a one-off compensation of Rs 4,000 per arpent would be granted to planters in order to provide better support to planters in restarting their plantations, taking into consideration the factors of production that would be required immediately namely seeds, land preparation and fertilisers.
The Local Government (Amendment) Bill will be introduced into the National Assembly, providing for an amendment to the Local Government Act so as to provide that, at any time, when – (a) a period of public emergency is in force in Mauritius; and (b) there is, or there is likely to be, an epidemic of a communicable disease in Mauritius and a quarantine period is in force in Mauritius, the President, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister, shall, by Proclamation, extend, during such periods, from time to time the life of 6 years of the entire Municipal City Council and Municipal Town Councils, or entire Village Councils, by not more than one year at a time, provided that the life of the Councils shall not be extended for more than 2 years.