74 new cases have been added to the counter, bringing us to the milestone of 2,000 cases on the afternoon of Wednesday 28 July. These cases have been recorded since the last bulletin on Tuesday. Of this batch of 74, 5 cases have been admitted to the ENT Hospital. Several schools will resume next Monday.
At Forest Side SSS Boys, a student of Grade 9 tested positive. He was there on Tuesday and Thursday of last week. Even though there was already suspicion about the boy having contracted this virus, it was only this Wednesday that the test results have been sent to his school. An almost identical case at Hamilton College in Mahebourg. The Grade 7 student attended the school during last week while the decision to close the school was taken this Wednesday morning.
The Beau Plan SSS will also be closed for the next two days, after a Grade 10 student was found to be positive. All students in this grade have been asked to go home. The Plaines des Papayes Government School will also not resume until Monday, as an attaché from the schoolmaster’s office has been tested positive. However, Modern College in Flacq resumed after disinfection on Tuesday 27.
Neither Bagatelle nor Grand Bay disinfected yet
There are also two cases from two large stores in two malls at Grand Bay and Bagatelle respectively. However, there has been no disinfection or fumigation exercise of the premises yet and nor the intervention of any team of the Ministry of Health. It is to be noted that these premises are visited by thousands everyday.
