Mauritius one step closer to fully reopening destination
Mauritius launched its Covid-19 vaccination programme, giving priority to frontline workers including health care professionals, employees within the tourism industry, senior citizens and those with underlying medical conditions.
Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority (MTPA) said in a statement that 50 000 frontliners were being considered for the vaccination campaign.
Mauritius, which is currently closed to South African travellers, hopes to restart their tourism sector following devastating effects of the pandemic. The tourism driven destination has been praised for how they handled the Covid-19 protocols and is regarded as having one of the world’s best responses to the pandemic.
With the implementation of strict quarantine measures and thorough testing protocols since the outbreak, there has been little to no disruption of social life in Mauritius since June 2020 with almost no known cases of community transmission.
