Mauritius: Covid-19 - Constituencies 15, 16 and 17 in Total Lockdown As Local Cases Soar Reach 52
[Government of Mauritius] In the wake of the increasing number of Covid-19 cases, which now stands at 52, the Government has stepped up a protective plan to curb the propagation of the virus. The Constituencies 15, 16 and 17 will thus be locked down from midnight today until further notice. These constituencies include Curepipe, Midlands, Vacoas, Phoenix, La Caverne and Flor éal. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 15, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Mauritius: New Covid-19 Vaccination Programme Targetting Staff from the Public and Private Sectors
[Government of Mauritius] Port Louis -- A new Vaccination Programme has been put in place and will be effective as from tomorrow till the end of March 2021. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 14, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Mauritius: Population ’s Health is Main Priority, Prime Minister Says in National Day Address
[Government of Mauritius] Port Louis -- The country's economy, with the current second lockdown situation, will be deeply affected but nonetheless, the health and wellness of the population remains Government's top priority, stated the Prime Minister, Mr Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, today, in his address to the Nation on the occasion of the National Day celebrations. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 12, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Mauritius: Updates and Measures Following 16 New Covid-19 Cases
[Government of Mauritius] Port Louis -- Government is implementing a number of measures following the national lockdown in force since this morning and with the detection of 16 new COVID-19 cases registered today bringing total to 31. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 10, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Mauritius: Mauritius PM Announces National Covid-19 Lockdown
[Government of Mauritius] The Prime Minister, Mr Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, has announced, this evening, during a televised address to the nation, that a lockdown will be implemented as from 10 March 2021 at six am till 25 March 2021, following an increase in Covid-19 cases. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 10, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Mauritius: A Fisherman's Life Amid Covid-19 and an Oil-Polluted Ocean
[Africa Renewal] "From where we live, we could see that the MV Wakashio had run aground on the reefs," - 39-year-old Bimsen Beeharry. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 25, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
India to ship vaccines to neighbours in few weeks
The first destinations would be in India ’s immediate neighbourhood, like Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Maldives and Mauritius to help them kickstart their own vaccination processes against the coronavirus. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - January 18, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Mauritius: Mauritius Kick Started Covid-19 Vaccination Training for Health Workers
[WHO] Mauritius, despite being COVID-safe, kick started its COVID-19 vaccination training for health workers as part of its national COVID-19 response. A five half-day training programme was launched by the Dr Hon Kailesh Kumar Singh Jagutpal, Minister of Health and Wellness on 11 January 2021 at the Ministry's Health Club room, Port Louis, in the presence of high level officials of the Ministry, including Health Directors, Regional Public Health Superintendents and Dr Laurent Musango, WHO Representative in Maur (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 13, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Special Report: Explosive Documents Reveal BP Behind Toxic Mauritius Oil Spill
Newly released documents reveal that BP was behind the toxic oil involved in the Mauritius oil spill in the Indian Ocean last year. ... (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 7, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Disastrous oil spill in Mauritius partly caused by crew seeking mobile phone signal
The Japanese operator of a bulk carrier said "human error" was to blame for the more than 1,000 tons of oil spilled into the coastal waters. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 18, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Miniature guttural toads on Mauritius and R é union stun researchers
(Stellenbosch University) Researchers from the DSI/NRF Center for Invasion Biology at Stellenbosch University in South Africa have found that, scarcely a hundred years after Guttural Toads were introduced to the islands of Mauritius and R é union, their overall body size has been reduced by up to a third compared to their counterparts in South Africa. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - December 8, 2020 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Mauritius: Mauritius to Acquire One Million Doses of Anti-Covid Vaccines From India
[Premium Times] A priority list is being worked out by Mauritius for the vaccination of frontliners, vulnerable and elderly persons. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 29, 2020 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Africa: Mauritian PM Calls for Fair Roll-out of Covid-19 Vaccines
[Qatar Foundation] Port Louis -- Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth calls for Covid-19 vaccines to be 'distributed fairly' amid fears that some parts of the world might be left behind in the dash for coronavirus immunity. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 21, 2020 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Africa: Paying Tribute to Nurses for Making a Difference in the Prevention and Control of Diabetes
[WHO] The contribution of the nurses in the prevention and control of diabetes was highly recognized during the commemoration of the World Diabetes Day on 16 November 2020 at the Ebene Business Park of Mauritius. Dr Hon Kailesh Kumar Singh Jagutpal, Minister of Health and Wellness acknowledged the vital role of the nurses who represent more than fifty percent of the total health workforce in the country and worldwide. It was a great opportunity to pay tribute to the nurses who are at the forefront of the public (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 17, 2020 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Cross-cultural validity of the reactive-proactive aggression questionnaire among adults across five countries - Dini ć BM, Raine A, Vujić A, van Dongen JDM.
This study aims to test psychometric properties and factor invariance of the Reactive-Proactive Aggression Questionnaire (RPQ) for adults across five countries: Serbia (N = 409), Mauritius (N = 400), the United States (N = 389), the Netherlands (N = 372), ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 22, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
