Coronavirus: in Mayotte, a town reconfigured for 14 days

A problematic situation. In Mayotte, classified as Guyana and Mayenne department with "high vulnerability", and where the state of health emergency has been extended until October, a town has been confined again for a few hours.

The discovery of many positive cases in the village of Mtsamboro, in the north of the island, imposed temporary restriction measures to prevent other areas of the island from being further contaminated.

In conjunction with the director of the ARS, Dominique Voynet, and the mayor of the town, the prefect of Mayotte, Jean-François Colombet, decided on Friday, to prevent, as of this Saturday 8 a.m. (7 a.m. , mainland time) all trips except to go to work or for medical reasons. Only essential shopping is allowed.

A curfew has also been enacted from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m., except for professional or medical necessity. Gatherings are prohibited.

ℹ️ The discovery of many positive cases for # covid19 in the village of M'tsamboro requires taking measures limited to this one village in order to prevent the spread of the virus to other sectors of the island. # Mayotte
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In 2017, the population of Mtsamboro was around 7,700 inhabitants.

Friday, in 24 hours, eleven new cases of contamination had been identified on the island; the day before it was 23. Since the virus appeared in Mayotte on March 13, 2,873 people have contracted the new coronavirus, and 38 have died from it.

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On Wednesday, Dominique Voynet was heard by the commission of inquiry into covid-19. In videoconference, the former Minister of the Environment, regretted "brutal and inapplicable decisions" taken in Paris, directives "unsuited to the reality of the territory", many meetings "often unnecessary", which "contributed to making more arduous and more complex work ”to manage the crisis.