Mauritius Closes its Borders

*** BREAKING NEWS ***

The Prime Minister of Mauritius confirmed today, Wednesday, March 18 that three people tested positive for Covid-19. They were immediately transported to Souillac hospital.

One of the people, a 59-year-old man returning from England, was not in quarantine. He went to Victoria Hospital in Candos today and following the tests which turned out to be positive, he was placed in quarantine. The ministry will now carry out “contact tracing” to find out who the man was in contact with. The other two patients, aged 21 and 25, were working on cruise ships and were also placed in quarantine.

In addition, the decision to completely close the Mauritian borders was taken by the inter-ministerial committee. As of tomorrow, Thursday March 19 at 10 a.m., no more commercial aircraft can land. As a result, Mauritians and tourists are banned from entering Mauritian territory for 14 days.