De nouvelles amendes fixes sont en vigueur à Maurice pour l’abandon et le dépôt illégal de déchets dans les lieux publics. Elles seront de l’ordre de Rs 3,000 contre ceux qui salissent la voie publique et de Rs 5,000 pour ceux qui polluent les cours d’eau et les plages. Ceux qui déversent illégalement des déchets ménagers, commerciaux ou industriels encourent une amende fixe de Rs 25,000.

Par ailleurs, la Police de l’Environnement appelle la population à dénoncer des cas de pollution sur le 5 250 51 51, avec photos à l’appui. Plus de 70 cas ont déjà été rapportes et 5 contraventions émises.

May 2021 is the second hottest month on record since 1960, according to the Meteorological Station. During this month, new extreme temperatures were recorded at several sites. For example, 30.6 degrees in Pamplemousses, 32.6 degrees in Albion and 32.8 degrees in Port-Louis, the highest temperature.

Regarding rainfall, 170mm of rain has been recorded so far for the month of June. 120mm of rains are expected for July and 90mm for August.

The Consumer Protection (Scrap Metal) Regulations 2019 will be amended in order to exceptionally allow the exportation of scrap copper which has been legally traded and acquired. Scrap copper cables are normally processed into ingots or finished products before exportation. However, a small quantity of these scrap copper cables cannot be processed locally due to shortage of labour, expertise and equipment. They remain an eyesore and constitute a loss of revenue for the scrap metal dealers and exporters.

Diabetes is a chronic disease characterized by an excessive level of sugar in the blood. Its development is directly linked to environmental factors. With Covid-19, sedentary lifestyle and junk food are on the rise, especially among young people.  According to figures from the Ministry of Health, more than a thousand middle school students out of 35,000 are pre-diabetic in Mauritius; about sixty suffer from type two.

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%.

A total of 57 contraventions have been issued by the Environmental Police from January 15, 2021 to date, for non-compliance with the ban on single-use plastic products. 22,700 plastic products were seized during the same period.

(Seychelles News Agency) – A campaign aimed at reforesting some of the most eroded mountainous areas of Seychelles’ second-most populated island is on target to plant 250,000 trees in the next five years.

The campaign ‘Rebwaz mwan,’ meaning reforest me, involves widespread planting of 50,000 seedlings annually over the next five years on Praslin Island. The tree planting is seen as the biggest such campaign ever undertaken in Seychelles – 115 islands in the western Indian Ocean.

Les personnes âgées de 60 ans et plus aux Seychelles pourront bientôt se faire vacciner contre le COVID-19 après que la nation insulaire ait reçu vendredi 50000 doses du vaccin Oxford AstraZeneca de l’Inde.

Les doses du vaccin, connu en Inde sous le nom de Covishield, sont arrivées aux Seychelles à bord d’un vol spécial opéré par un avion de la marine indienne, qui a volé dans l’archipel de 115 îles directement depuis l’Inde.

Les Seychelles ont commencé à déployer leur programme de vaccination le 10 janvier avec le vaccin Sinopharm, administrant les premières doses aux dirigeants et aux travailleurs essentiels avec un déploiement au grand public prévu pour la semaine prochaine. (SNA)

 (Seychelles News Agency) – La plupart des travailleurs médicaux et des services essentiels de première ligne aux Seychelles ont reçu le vaccin COVID-19 et les efforts vont désormais se déplacer vers les employés du tourisme, a déclaré un haut responsable.

Deux nouveaux centres de vaccination ont ouvert mardi sur l’île principale de Mahé pour permettre aux gens de l’industrie du tourisme de se faire vacciner. La semaine prochaine, la campagne de vaccination sera ouverte à la population générale.

Les Seychelles archipel de l’Océan Indien ont une population d’environ 95 00 habitants.

Upon a request made by the Sugar Insurance Fund Board, the Mauritius Cane Industry Authority has determined the sugar price for insurance purpose for the two categories for Crop 2020 as follows – Growing Side = Rs12,780/tonne of sugar @ 98.5% Polarisation Milling Side = Rs12,000/tonne of sugar @ 98.5% Polarisation.