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A chaque fois c’est la même chose. On fixe une date et ensuite on accorde un délai. Que ce soit pour être fully vaccinated ou pour payer les redevances des learners , le gouvernement a dû accorder des délais. Il ne fallait voir que les queues des derniers jours dans au moins trois lieux. 

The government will promulgate the Information and Communication Technologies (Registration of SIM) Regulations 2021 so as to control the sale and use of the Subscriber Identity Module cards (SIM cards), issued by telephony service providers.

In the Report of the Commission of Inquiry on Drug Trafficking published in July 2018, it has been stated that there were several issues relating to the use of SIM cards such as the purchase of SIM cards through impersonation, usage of these cards to carry illegal activities such as criminal intimidation, extortion, unsolicited calls, and drug trafficking. Mobile operators would be given a period of three months from the date of coming into operation of the Regulations to set up the required infrastructure and database for the implementation of the Regulations. The Regulations would be effective as from 01 January 2022.

Canada will welcome more than 400,000 permanent residents and holders of diplomas in 2022. Several sectors are concerned, among others: finance, ICT and Marketing and Communication. Remuneration is estimated at around Rs 470 per hour.

 The additional subsidy of Rs 62.00 per pack of 25 kg of flour exceptionally granted in February 2021 to bakeries purchasing flour directly from the State Trading Corporation (STC)  has been extended up to 30 June 2022.

In a press release issued this afternoon, the Ministry of Health informs the public of the implementation of a Hot Line for relatives and managers of patients admitted to ENT Hospital in Vacoas for the treatment of Covid 19. This hot-line, which is 86066, is operational 24/7 from December 1, 2021. Relatives and people responsible for patients with Covid-19 will thus be able to obtain all the necessary information concerning their state of health. The ministry recalls, however, that only relatives of patients will have the right to information.

A new COVID-19 variant (B.1.1.529) has been indentified in South Africa and neighbouring countries. The government intends to put strict sanitary measures in place in relation to passengers coming from South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Botswana, Eswatini and Zimbabwe, pending the suspension of all commercial passenger flights from South Africa to Mauritius with effect from Monday 29 November 2021.

 Repatriation flights will be organised and will be subject to strict sanitary protocols. In that connection, the Ministry of Health and Wellness will issue a communiqué outlining, inter alia, the sanitary measures being put in place

Statistics Mauritius has indicated that 53 people (+1.9%)died as a result of road accidents during the first semester of 2021 as compared to 52 during the corresponding period of 2020.

In its latest bulletin released this week, this governmental organisation said among the casualties, the most vulnerable category of road users w​ere riders/pillion riders of auto/motor cycles (28 or 52.8%), followed by pedestrians (11 or 20.8%).

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Statistics Mauritius said that the population of Mauritius stood at 1,266,334, with a rise of 320 (+0.03%) over the population as at 1 July 2021.

This governmental institution said island-wise, the population was as follows: Island of Mauritius: 1,221,844; Island of Rodrigues :  44,216 and         Agalega and St Brandon: 274.