In view of the rising number of covid-19 cases since the second wave of infection was confirmed a couple of weeks ago and the slightly increasing number of hospitalizations linked to the pandemic, the government of Mauritius has decided to extend the lockdown until 30 April 2021.

New cases are promptly being identified through an efficient contact tracing exercise and patients who have tested positive to the Covid-19 virus are being placed in quarantine. In addition, the government has rolled out mass testing targeted at people living in “Red Zones", a term coined for areas in which the virus has proliferated. Moreover, the Covid-19 vaccination campaign is maintained and the government has set the objective of immunizing at least 60% of the population at the earliest in a bid to achieve herd immunity.

However, the resumption of certain activities will be allowed as from 1 April 2021 and these will include the following:
- Banks will be open to the public
- Bakeries, meat and poultry shops
- Commercial centres and shops
- Hairdressers
- Construction
- Domestic employees

The following general rules will have to be observed by members of the public:
- No public gathering will be allowed
- Sanitary measures to be observed in public places (use of sanitizers, wearing of masks, social distancing etc.)
- Only holders of Work Access Permits (WAP) will be allowed to travel to their place of work. Those residing in the Red Zones will need a special WAP
- Shopping will only be allowed on a predefined alphabetical order
- Old-aged persons are strongly advised to stay at home
- Minors are not allowed to go out
- Only civil marriages will be allowed (no public gathering)
- Funerals can only be held with prior approval from the police force

Contravention of the above rules will entail fines.

As a result of the extension of the lockdown, we wish to inform our valued clients that our employees will continue to work from home until 30 April 2021. ITL Management firmly believes that professional success is not reliant on location if there is the proper virtual workplace infrastructure in place. Your contact persons at ITL will remain primarily reachable by e-mail and Zoom.

Our work-from-home facilities have been tried and tested for a number of years already and we wish to highlight these are fully compliant with our data privacy and data security protocols. Therefore, our operations, other than those that fall beyond our control, will remain unaffected.

If you have any concerns or if you would still like to have more information, please write to us on info@intercontinentaltrust.com.

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