Would we say from bad to worse? Thursday 15th of July marks the 119 new cases detected, including a new cluster at the La Tour Koenig, the cases in the Red Zone of Bois Chéri and the other detections on the island during the day.
45 confirmed cases at La Tour Koenig
“The region must be declared a red zone and a massive screening must be conducted. The factory should not be reopened as planned within three days. I learned that the number of infected at this factory could be more than 75”, warns and asks the trade unionist Faizal Ally Beegun to the Ministry of Health. There is 45 new ones confirmed at the new cluster at the Real Garments factory in La Tour Koenig which is temporarily closed, the suspected contaminated would concern about thirty others, to date asymptomatic, who are Mauritian workers and inhabitants of the region. The fear of further contamination persists. It should be noted that this region concerns a whole industrial area where there are several large textile factories including CMT and RT Knits, large companies also hiring expatriates and Mauritian workers from several regions but especially a concentration from the surrounding regions of La Tour Koenig itself, Pointes aux Sables , Petite Rivière, Grande Rivière, Albion and Bambous among others.
Chadeea family and near ones in isolation
The family of Hewantee Chadeea resident of Cluny who died Wednesday 14 at the hospital of ENT attributed to Covid is also in quarantine. Apart from those she has directly infected, her son, daughter-in-law and their two children aged 2 and 5, the close relatives are also in isolation.
Bois Chéri in Red Zone for 2 weeks
There is no count of the current number of cases in this red zone decreed yesterday morning. But it comes to us that mass screenings are underway. Nevertheless, residents blame a family that had organized a birthday that exceeded the limit allowed by the government. There were amongst, individuals who had already tested positive and who should be in isolation but who would have acted carelessly only to attend the party!
Mocellement Foondun, alert removed
The Morcellement Foondun in Terre-Rouge was removed from the red zone at 6 p.m. on Thurday. According to Minister Jagutpal, who spoke at a press briefing at the end of this afternoon, “the tests carried out during the mass screening exercises in this locality were all negative”.”
50% received a first dose
Although there are 571 active cases, Minister Jagutpal wanted to reassure the public and the media. “To date, 608,103 people have received their first doses, or 50% and 432,800 people have completed their second doses, so 34%,” he announced at the NCC press conference. He also confessed that the country has recorded more than 1000 positive cases in the last two months and mostly on asymptomatic people. Active cases are placed in treatment centres at ENT Hospital, La Pirogue Hotel, Belle Mare Hotel and Peninsula Bay Hotel.
