Health Minister Kailesh Jagutpal has decided to extend the quarantine period until August in Mauritius. A questioning decision.
While there is a sharp drop in the rate of hospitalizations and deaths related to Covid-19 in the country, it is clear that the pandemic is behind us. Why continue to carry out PCR tests or weekly antigen tests when 95% of the population is vaccinated or has already contracted Covid-19?
The Covid pandemic has been going on since the beginning of 2020. More than three years later, what about Mauritius? If the Gaud-Joomaye-Jagutpal trio has above all said everything and their opposite and concealed many figures, the Covid epidemic has, it seems, never been so weak to date. The authorities have understood this well, by relaxing the rules in the fight against the virus.
The virus seems to become seasonal, a bit like the flu, and only return occasionally each year, without the number of contaminations exploding as has been the case in recent months. We have to get used to the idea that we will be living with it for some time yet. Although the figures are very encouraging, and we must continue to introduce barrier gestures, should we extend the quarantine, d especially since the vaccination pass has been suspended? An impression of the end of the pandemic certainly, since no one knows the next variant.
