As communicated in our recent newsflash^*, Mauritius has witnessed a resurgence in local Covid-19 cases since Friday 5 March 2021 after nearly 9 covid-free months. As of today, the contact tracing exercise revealed 5 more positive cases, most of whom are unrelated to the initial cluster of infected patients. This brings the total number of active local cases to 15 and around 30 imported cases. 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 avoid a second wave of infections, the Prime Minister has announced in a televised statement tonight that a nationwide lockdown will be implemented as from 6.00 a.m. Mauritius time on Wednesday 10 March 2021. The lockdown will be for an initial period of 2 weeks until 25 March and may be reviewed by the Government in light of the evolution of the situation.

In tandem, the National Covid-19 vaccination programme kick-started earlier this month. Previously targeted at frontline healthcare staff treating Covid patients, and workers meeting passengers at the airport, the vaccination campaign has been extended to the whole population. With lessons learned from the previous lockdown and the ongoing vaccination campaign, we are confident that the Covid-19 situation in Mauritius will soon be under control.

We wish to reiterate that our service to our valued clients will remain unaffected by the lockdown. 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.

We invite you once more to view our short video on our WFH facilities, which will provide you with an overview of our tried and tested virtual platform.

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

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^*To access our newsflash dated 7 March 2021, please click Here.