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Mauritius entered a 15-day national lockdown on Wednesday morning after an increase in Covid-19 cases since the start of the month.
The Indian Ocean island nation recorded five new cases on Tuesday, bringing the total of new cases to 15, in what authorities suspect could be a second wave.
The most affected regions are the towns of Vacoas-Phoenix and Curepipe.
“The situation is not the same. The virus is no longer in a single cluster,” Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth said in a televised speech Tuesday evening.
The announcement caused panic in shopping for supplies and long queues at gas stations.
Mauritius has confirmed 641 cases and 10 deaths since the start of the pandemic a year ago.
Under the lockdown, only essential services, including police, health services, seaports and airports, will remain open.
Weddings and funerals will be attended by a small number of people, while supermarkets, bakeries and banks will be open from Thursday but in alphabetical order.
Violators of the lockout will be fined or imprisoned for up to five years.
A similar lockdown was lifted in June of last year.
Source: BBC
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