Covid 19- Implementation of nationwide lockdown in Mauritius.
Article Published on March 18, 2021
As communicated in our recent newsflash1, following a resurgence in local Covid-19 cases since Friday 5 March 2021 after nearly 9 Covid-free months, the Government of Mauritius has implemented a nationwide lockdown, effective since 10 march 2021. The lockdown will be for an initial period of 2 weeks until 25 March 2021 and may be reviewed by the Government in light of the evolution of the situation.
As at 18 March 2021, the contact tracing exercise has revealed 5 clusters of infected patients and the total number of active local cases has reached 153. All patients tested positive for Covid-19 are currently in quarantine and are being provided with the necessary treatment in line with the established protocol.
Mauritius has been widely praised for its timely response to the pandemic last year, which helped in curbing and containing the spread of the virus. In a bid to immunise the population against the virus, a National Covid-19 vaccination programme has debuted in March 2021. Previously targeted to frontline healthcare staff treating Covid patients, and workers meeting passengers at the airport, the vaccination campaign has been extended to the whole population.
We will endeavor to keep our valued clients informed of the developments in that regards.
ITL v/s Covid-19
As a safeguard measure, ITL Management had already reinstated its Work-From-Home (WFH) policy as from Monday 8 March. ITL
Management firmly believes that professional success is not reliant on location if there is the proper virtual workplace infrastructure in place.
As previously communicated, our WFH facilities have been tried and tested for a number of years already and these are fully compliant with our data privacy and data security protocols. During the first lockdown more than 90% of our operational workforce were connecting daily on our WFH platform. Therefore, our operations, other than those that fall beyond our control, will remain functional. Your contact persons at ITL will remain primarily reachable by e-mail and Zoom.
1 ITL Newsflash 9 March 2021: Here
