Covid 19 vaccination campaign Mauritius starting 08 March

Hi Anoushka
Thanks for posts. Am well too.
  Yes - sooner everyone is vaccinated .... the sooner some normality will return,
Same restriction applies to UK -  seems we cannot travel to EU countries...  or we can travel to some....
We'll see in the next few days....
Take care Anou & Everyone else
Regards & Stay safe.
Rick

are schools open in mauritius currently or is learning confined to online because of covid?

Schools have re opened but with online teaching through YouTube and tv school programs then children will back to school then winter holidays to resume drg august. it's for secondary schools also o

Hello everyone,

Please take note that the vaccination program is ongoing and the following vaccines are being used. Expats please call on 8924 to know whether you can produce your resident cards as ID.





Regards,
Anou

good news anou...do you know how many new vaccines they have received to administer? just curiou!.... if they are gonna try and vaccinate as many as people as possible that would be a much sounder policy than aiming for herd immunity which wont work (hopefully they have realised this).

Hi Stan, 

I lost count of all the shipments we received however, the last consignment was on August 7th, 108,000 doses of Johnson & Johnson. This vaccine is being administered as from today.

Overall, the figures seem to be good.

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253 new positive cases (asymptomatic)
5 new cases admitted at hospital

Population Vaccinated :
1st dose : 738,916
2nd dose : 592,183

% of the population infected with coronavirus  from March 2020 - Today : 0.39

Most of the vaccines we had (AstraZeneca, Covaxin, Sinopharm, Sputnik V ) are double dose vaccines. People having been administered their 1st dose have either already received their second dose (as myself) or are waiting for their appointment date for second dose (normally 28 days after 1st dose).

Johnson & Johnson is a single dose vaccine, provision has been made for around 108,000 people.

I wish, everybody in Mauritius be vaccinated as early as possible. Everyone should be safe and healthy.

Hi Anou.thanks for the update on this topic. Please advise do you have to book in advance?

@ PSKara, where are you located ? No need to book, you just have to go to the nearest vaccination centre at the time mentioned. However, as you are an expat, I suggest that you give a call on 8924 to know whether you can have access to vaccination by presenting your resident card, Occupation permit, work permit or Passport... as an ID will be required

Thank you

Starrystarrynight wrote:

Hi
My son is a 30 yr old doctor in the U.K. and he has been vaccinated and happy to be given it.  He’s ok ( intelligent and informed) and so are his medical co workers.
My husband gets his in a week and I’m hoping I will be vaccinated in a month.
I personally don’t think it’s a magic cure for an ever changing virus, but it prepares our bodies to at least recognise it and try and fight it. 
I’ve had the flu vaccine nearly every year and got it real bad 2 times in my life, so nothing is perfect.  However,I may have died had I not had the flu vaccine at all?  I certainly felt like death both times with the “ proper flu”.....

Without more detailed information on the virus.........vaccinations and social distancing with face masks and regular hand washing, it’s the best informed chance we have got to get through this totally horrific situation.
Keep safe, keep well and be kind x

Sorry to break your bubble but Just because your son is a doctor does not mean he is an expert on the subject or any intelligent than other people.

I am in Uk and only reason doctors are vaccinated because the government has forced NHS workers be it a cleaner or a doctor to have the vaccination just like Mauritius. "No vaccination no job". So really if you check the numbers here around 20% of doctors have left NHS to move to countries like australia where there is no such requirement.

Also most doctors are only in UK because of money, otherwise they would all be in Mauritius, but that is another issue. We will talk in a decade when the side effects come to play. All the best.

Nessie1980 wrote:

Thank you for your reply, I really appreciate it, however, you haven't been able to answer my questions because you don't know the answers. There is no false information just questions about what many many people are asking and are getting no answers.
I thought that you knew about them as you are spreading information about the places to be vaccinated with a vaccine that you can't explain if they are effective or not.
Even this can get you in trouble if one-day things happen to people having the vaccine without the proper information.
We are blindly following what we are told, do some research about it, thousands of doctors, virologists, nurses, and even care home managers are speaking out. I urge you to please do your research before accepting a vaccine that took less than a year to create and with fewer trials than other vaccines.
I'm not against vaccines, I have had all mine however being pushed to have one without any securities (insurance) is like signing a death penalty blindly.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr_dQZ … wVatkuHPcA
This is one of the many many channels that are speaking, but it's sad that Mauritius only get info from the propaganda TV which is BBC.
Thank you, I'm not targetting you personally, sorry if it feels that way. I'm just trying to get people to do their research.

You will not get a reply here because they are scared of the fine government has imposed. Talk about asking you to speak the truth and holding a gun to your forehead. Also do not forget that Mauritius is a small islamd and people really do not question the authority. They do as they are told and most comply.

Anou86 wrote:

@ PSKara, where are you located ? No need to book, you just have to go to the nearest vaccination centre at the time mentioned. However, as you are an expat, I suggest that you give a call on 8924 to know whether you can have access to vaccination by presenting your resident card, Occupation permit, work permit or Passport... as an ID will be required

Can confirm, I had no problem getting the vaccine today as an expat. I brought my passport and Residence Permit, just to be sure. The passport would have been sufficient.

I went to the the Cote d'Or National Sports Complex. The queues were not long (about 25 ahead of me). The process was all very efficient, staff very helpful and the complex is quite impressive.

Thanks Anouska for the post, it really helped. Have been waiting for one of the alternative vaccines to be available again. 

Thanks Wandlewed for this very much awaited feedback. Will help lots 

@ Maisonmaurice ...And how is that working out for those docs in Australia? One of the worst (in fact THE worst?) vaccination records in the OECD. Last in the list of countries for vaccinations and back in a near full lockdown in Sydney. It's a shambolic response.

Hats off to Mauritius for their strategy.

Starrystarrynight wrote:

Hi
My son is a 30 yr old doctor in the U.K. and he has been vaccinated and happy to be given it.  He’s ok ( intelligent and informed) and so are his medical co workers.
My husband gets his in a week and I’m hoping I will be vaccinated in a month.
I personally don’t think it’s a magic cure for an ever changing virus, but it prepares our bodies to at least recognise it and try and fight it. 
I’ve had the flu vaccine nearly every year and got it real bad 2 times in my life, so nothing is perfect.  However,I may have died had I not had the flu vaccine at all?  I certainly felt like death both times with the “ proper flu”.....

Without more detailed information on the virus.........vaccinations and social distancing with face masks and regular hand washing, it’s the best informed chance we have got to get through this totally horrific situation.
Keep safe, keep well and be kind x

Just because your son is a doctor does not make him any intelligent or better informed than others.

Nhs has forced everyone working in the sector to have the jab otherwise no job, so he had no other choice. Please get off your high horse. ALSO HE IS ONLY 30 so really still studying. Doctor is a term used often by Mauritians whereas in UK a GP is a proper doctor.

13th Aug Update



New positive cases (asymptomatic) : 156
Admitted at hospital: 9

1st dose : 745 146
2nd dose : 601 594

% population who contracted the virus : 0.42

Update Covid Vaccination campaign Friday 13th Aug - Thursday 17th Aug

hey anou
is there a link on the expat site where one can find a summary of the latest rules regarding what is and isnt open and what you can and cannot do under current covid restrictions?
thanks
stan

Hi Stan,

I think that a good website would be : https://besafemoris.mu/
You may download the besafemoris app for free on google play and AppStore. You will receive communiqués and notifications regularly.

Otherwise here are some useful websites :
https://covid19.mu/https://gis.govmu.org/SitePages/Index.aspx

On the expat website itself, there's the following thread : https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.p … 33&p=2      Needs to be updated though!

And this one > https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.p … 76&p=2

UPDATE/AMENDMENT FOR MONDAY 16 AUG

standaman1967 wrote:

@ Maisonmaurice ...And how is that working out for those docs in Australia? One of the worst (in fact THE worst?) vaccination records in the OECD. Last in the list of countries for vaccinations and back in a near full lockdown in Sydney. It's a shambolic response.

Hats off to Mauritius for their strategy.

You lost the point. The issue is forced vaccination. i rest my case.

Thank you Anou

Update as at 16 AUG. Please note that further amendments have been carried out.