april 2020, the minister of foreign affairs announced that 231 tonnes of equipment, including masks, overalls and other protective accessories for healthcare staff from guangzhou and beijing would be reaching mauritius as from 10 april 2020. on 9 april 2020, the mauritius revenue authority reported that out of 160,000 applications received for the self employed scheme, more than 80,000 self-employed individuals already received mur 5,100 and 11,000 employers benefited from the wage assistance scheme. the mauritius export association (mexa) reported that its members already produced 300,000 protective masks against the covid-19. on 9 april 2020, the prime minister, pravind kumar jugnauth, during a videoconference from his residence, announced that the lockdown will be extended to monday 4 may 2020, to further contain the spread of the covid-19 in the country. with regard to rodrigues and agalega islands, the lockdown will end on 15 april 2020, barring the education sector. on 13 april 2020, ibl ltd launched the covid-19 healthbot, it is a chatbot which allows users to know if they have symptoms of covid-19. on 15 april 2020, india sent 13 tonnes of medication and 500,000 hydroxychloroquine tablets to mauritius. mauritius was among the first countries to receive supplies of this medicine after a special exemption was granted by india. on that day, a second donation of medical equipments from jack ma arrived in mauritius. as at 23 april 2020, a total of 8,304 fines for alleged breaches of covid-19 lockdown laws were issued since the unprecedented emergency measures were announced on 23 march 2020 to prevent the spread of the covid-19 in the country. however, despite the curfew measures and the police force's best efforts, it was observed that many people refused to follow instructions. consequently, the police force reinforced and reorganise its patrol operations and became more stringent against the non-compliance of curfew order. may 2020 on 1 may 2020, the prime minister announced that the ongoing covid-19 curfew will be extended to 1 june 2020 and schools will remain closed until 1 august 2020. as from 15 may 2020, more businesses will be allowed to operate, namely bakeries, hardware stores and fish markets and the opening hours of supermarkets will be extended to 20 00 hrs. banks will continue to operate under strict hygiene protocol. on 3 may 2020, a petition was launched to urge the mauritian government to rename flacq hospital in honour of dr bruno cheong who died from the coronavirus after he was infected by a patient. on 10 may 2020, the spokesperson of the national communication committee on covid-19, dr zouberr joomaye stated that the government in collaboration with mauritius telecom developed a new web link for the online application of work access permits (wap) on besafemoris website to enable those who need to circulate as from 15 may 2020 to apply online for a wap. applicants will eventually receive their waps through emails. the online application for private sector organisations was operational since friday 8 may 2020. applications for the public sector organisations as well as for individuals and self-employed persons was opened on 11 may 2020. he also pointed out that 34 cab offices will assist individuals and self-employed persons who do not have internet facilities, to apply online for the wap. on 13 may 2020, the government elaborated strict guidelines and regulations that both commuters and public transport operators will have to adhere to. these guidelines and regulations were in line with government's strategy to ensure that there is no risk of the propagation of covid-19 as the country gradually prepares itself to allow certain economic activities to resume as from 15 may 2020. on 14 may 2020, the mauritius police force already delivered some 200 000 digital work access permits (wap) through the online application system put in place on the besafemoris.mu website. despite the confinement period, self-employed persons, authorised to operate as from 15 may 2020, as well as public and private sector employees gradually resume their work until the resumption of economic activities once the lockdown ends on 1 june 2020. on 15 may 2020, mauritius embarks on the first phase of easing its lockdown protocol. the prime minister announced that flacq hospital will be renamed after dr bruno cheong who died from the coronavirus. on 29 may 2020, the mauritian government announced the end of lockdown for 30 may at 00.00. however, some restrictions was imposed on certain activities, in public spaces and public gatherings. as at 29 may 2020, mauritius registered only three imported covid-19 cases, these patients were passengers in quarantine but the island did not recorded any new local case over more than a month. june 2020 on 12 june 2020, the prime minister announced that following the cabinet meeting, the decision was taken to lift all business and activity lockdowns ordered earlier to cope with the covid-19, as from monday 15 june 2020. consequently, beaches, markets, gyms, parks, village halls, community centres, cinema and other public places became accessible to the public but the wearing of masks will still be compulsory. the prime minister stated that he is aware that since the closing of the country frontiers, mauritians stranded abroad have faced very difficult situations and his government is putting in much effort to repatriate them. a total of 1,836 stranded citizens have already been repatriated, and another 800 mauritians will come home by the end of june. july to december 2020 in july, 1164 stranded citizens were due to be repatriated, subject to testing negative for covid-19 prior to boarding the flight. the prime minister stated that the school calendar has been reviewed and the resumption of classes will be on 1 july 2020 instead of 1 august 2020 as previously announced. modelling by who's regional office for africa suggests that due to under-reporting, the true number of infections in 2020 was around 0.3 million while the true number of covid-19 deaths in 2020 was around 140. january to december 2021 mass vaccination commenced on 26 january 2021, initially with 100,000 doses of astrazeneca's covishield vaccine donated by india. beneficiaries are required to waive all claims for adverse events following immunisation. mauritius went back in lockdown on 10 march 2021 at 6am local time, initially until 25 march but subsequently extended until 30 april. the first covid-19 case on rodrigues was confirmed on 10 october 2021. no further cases were recorded on the island until the end of january 2022 when cases grew exponentially from a single case on 26 january to 710 on 31 january. the first two cases of the omicron variant were reported on 10 december 2021. modelling by who's regional office for africa suggests that due to under-reporting, the true number of cases by the end of 2021 was around 0.6 million while the true number of covid-19 deaths was around 871. statistics covid-19 cases in mauritius () deaths recoveries active cases2020202020212021marmarapraprmaymayjunjunjuljulaugaugsepsepoctoctnovnovdecdecjanjanfebfebmarmarapraprmaymayjunjunjuljulaugaugsepsepoctoctnovnovlast 15 dayslast 15 days date# of cases# of deaths 2020-03-183(n.a.)0(n.a.) 2020-03-197(+133%)0(n.a.) 2020-03-2012(+71%)0(n.a.) 2020-03-2114(+17%)1(n.a.) 2020-03-2228(+100%)2(+100%) 2020-03-2336(+29%)2(=) 2020-03-2442(+17%)2(=) 2020-03-2548(+14%)2(=) 2020-03-2681(+69%)2(=) 2020-03-2794(+16%)2(=) 2020-03-28102(+8.5%)2(=) 2020-03-29107(+4.9%)3(+50%) 2020-03-30128(+20%)3(=) 2020-03-31143(+12%)5(+67%) 2020-04-01161(+13%)6(+20%) 2020-04-02169(+5%)7(+17%) 2020-04-03186(+10%)7(=) 2020-04-04196(+5.4%)7(=) 2020-04-05227(+16%)7(=) 2020-04-06244(+7.5%)7(=) 2020-04-07268(+9.8%)7(=) 2020-04-08273(+1.9%)7(=) 2020-04-09314(+15%)7(=) 2020-04-10318(+1.3%)9(+29%) 2020-04-11319(+0.31%)9(=) 2020-04-12324(+1.6%)9(=) 2020-04-13324(=)9(=) 2020-04-14324(=)9(=) 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2021-10-2317,047(=)148(=) 2021-10-2417,047(=)148(=) 2021-10-2517,143(+0.56%)153(+3.4%) 2021-10-2617,416(+1.6%)160(+4.6%) 2021-10-2717,416(=)160(=) 2021-10-2817,586(+0.98%)164(+2.5%) 2021-10-2917,698(+0.64%)166(+1.2%) 2021-10-3017,698(=)166(=) 2021-10-3117,698(=)166(=) 2021-11-0117,812(+0.64%)176(+6%) 2021-11-0218,101(+1.6%)194(+10%) 2021-11-0318,205(+0.57%)196(+1%) 2021-11-0418,314(+0.6%)199(+1.5%) sources: covid-19 pandemic in mauritius the first patient was a 52-year-old man who had dual belgian and mauritian nationality. he returned to mauritius from belgium on 21 february 2020. he did not show any symptoms of the coronavirus upon his arrival. on 14 march 2020, he started to have fever and cough and was transferred to victoria hospital where the tests conducted on his lungs did not reveal anything suspicious. he showed no signs of fever, with a body temperature of 36.6 °c, and did not show any respiratory issues. the patient had diabetes. on 16 march 2020, the test did not show that he was infected by the coronavirus and he was put into isolation. on 17 march 2020, the second test was also negative, and on the same day, he started to have respiratory issues. the results of the third test showed that the patient was infected by the coronavirus. the patient died on 19 march 2020. the second patient was a 59-year-old man who had both british and mauritian nationality. he came to attend the funeral of his brother in mauritius on 7 march 2020 and had no symptoms upon arrival. at first, he visited a private doctor without revealing his travel history. it was when he was not feeling well that he went to a private clinic and revealed that he came from abroad. his health deteriorated and he was transferred to victoria hospital (candos). he was then transported to souillac hospital. following tests carried out on him, which turned out to be positive, he was placed in isolation at souillac hospital. the patient was called patient zero by the press as he was the first person who was tested positive of the coronavirus on the island. on 22 march he died. the