The country is recording the biggest drop in terms of daily positive cases. The Ministry of Health reports three positive cases in its latest communiqué of the day. In addition, the country has received 211,200 doses of Pfizer paediatric vaccines from the UK. The campaign will start next week in schools.
Two very positive news around Covid 19. Only three cases on Wednesday, 11 May. The country’s regional hospitals admitted five positive cases and the New ENT Hospital, 1. Vaccination progress stands at 1,008,531 who received the first dose, 975,314 for the second dose and 630,353 people for Booster dose I.
211,200 Pfizer paediatric doses received
The vaccination campaigns will be maximised in the near future. The country has received its shipment of 211,200 doses of Pfizer brand paediatric vaccines from the UK. The handover took place at an official ceremony in the conference room of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade in Port Louis. Alan Ganoo, also Minister of Transport, said “This donation will enable the Mauritian immunisation programme to reach a new milestone, as children between the ages of five and eleven years will be able to choose to receive the paediatric vaccine, thus contributing to the reduction of COVID-19 transmission in Mauritius. As of 09 May 2022, 77% of the population was fully vaccinated, the Booster Dose programme is also progressing in parallel.” He took the opportunity to thank the United Kingdom for its earlier donation of personal protective equipment and participation in the COVAX facility from which Mauritius benefited.
The ceremony was attended by Dr Kailesh Jagutpal, Charlotte Pierre the British High Commissioner to Mauritius. The Minister of Health explained the importance of this new campaign, even if not mandatory, and its contribution to the country’s return to normalcy. However, he asked that “the population must remain on their guard because new variants will appear with their own specificities in terms of virulence and contagiousness. Vaccination of children between the ages of five and eleven are not mandatory, but I strongly encourage parents to have their children vaccinated as this provides reliable and additional protection against the coronavirus. Vaccinations will be administered in schools from next week.
