Seychelles eyes partly reopening to all tourists as of March
Seychelles is partly on target to achieve its objective of vaccinating 70 percent of its local population in order to reopen its doors to visitors from anywhere in the world mid March, said a top health official.
As of February 17, close to 41 840 people have received their first dose of vaccine which represents 60 percent of the 70 000 population target. As for the second dose, 19 513 people have taken them which is 28 percent of the target.
"When we talk about herd immunity this is what we are looking at and to be able to reach 65 to 70 percent, we need to vaccinate most adults and, when the vaccine is available for children, we will be able to vaccinate a portion of this population," said the Public Health Commissioner, Jude Gedeon, in a press conference on Thursday.
Achieving herd immunity will allow Seychelles, an archipelago in the western Indian Ocean, to re-launch its tourism industry, scheduled to take place mid-March.
