The department of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean will remain confined for at least two more weeks, the prefect announced Thursday evening, nearly three weeks after the start of the reconfinement.
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We must continue with confinement.
It produced its effects on the number of contaminations.
By pursuing him seriously, he will relieve the hospital, the number of hospitalizations will decrease
”, declared Jean-François Colombet to the television news of Mayotte la 1ère (France Televisions).
At the beginning of February, the government had decided to re-contain Mayotte for at least three weeks in the face of the Covid-19 epidemic.
If the confinement is extended for two weeks, it is to coincide with the start of the school year, scheduled for March 15, and to organize the return of the 100,000 students of the island to class with a controlled health protocol.
The capacity to accommodate children will be reduced to avoid contamination.
The contaminations curve, deaths linked to Covid-19 and hospitalizations have increased exponentially in Mayotte from the beginning of January until mid-February.
An increase due to the presence of the South African variant of Covid-19.
The incidence rate approached 900 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, the positivity rate exceeded 30%, the number of confirmed cases in one week was over 2,300 and the number of hospitalized people was around 150 people.
As of January 18, there were 579 cases over a week, only 13 people hospitalized and an incidence rate of 207 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
To relieve the hospital staff, reinforcements from the army and civil security have arrived in Mayotte, and patients with Covid-19 have been evacuated by medical plane to the CHU of Reunion.
Compelling reasons remain compulsory for leaving Mayotte or arriving on the island.
Travelers must send their supporting documents six days before their trip to the prefecture, which will notify them two days before their trip if the reasons are justified or not.
Finally, the control of non-conforming travel will be strengthened.
Until now, they mainly targeted motorists.
From now on, pedestrians will also have to produce a derogatory travel certificate, under penalty of incurring a fine of 135 euros.