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What a cry baby the Mauritian government is! Such hypocrites!!! So now they are crying about what the French government has done to them when they did exactly the same thing to Southern African countries that don’t even have the omicron variant reported in them! Utter nonsense, they must swallow their own medicine quietly.

These rules are a lot more watered down than many countries. I'm unsure what sandmak is complaining about.

It’s seems you are not in touch of what is happening

The Mauritian Govt is not crying over anything! Why would you think they would be.....

Those who are affected are people working in the tourism industry or have tourism related businesses and foreigners/locals who had an expatriation project...For others (the majority of people), we are more worried about quality of healthcare provided with regards to Covid (death cases),  IBA act and freedom of speech.

Concerning the french announcement, it has been quite confusing as the statement seems to be contradictory...flights are still operating. I don't know whether the french embassy has addressed this issue yet, but french nationals have been able to travel so far.

Anyway, for those interested, there's a live press conference today at 14hr on facebook platforms of defimedia, gis etc. The Minister of Health will highlight few points on the Covid-19 situation.

Put MBC channel no sign of the press conference yet

am i right in thinking that the french statement only affects unvaccinated travellers and does not affect vaccinated travellers - or have i read / interpreted that incorrectly? would explain why flights etc are still coming?

When Mauritius was declared red zone by french authorities, it affected only vaccinated/unvaccinated travellers, however hours apart, Mauritius was declared red scarlet with prohibition of flights for professional and touristic reasons.

@ Zulfi Ali The press conference has been broadcasted live on FB.. 

They gave an overview of the situation, number of deaths etc and explained how they proceed for covid sequencing at Candos

Thank you did you the overview in English as of yet or

Apparently all new arrivals have to go into quarantine is that right or

where does it say on the french embassy's website that the red/scarlet rules apply to vaccinated travellers - i cannot see that anywhere?

The announcement was made on the 1st Dec



The French embassy hasn't addressed this issue. They have to wait for further information from higher authorities :



"2- Mesures en vigueur à compter du 4 décembre :

A ce stade, et compte tenu des textes actuellement en vigueur (qui seront complétés dans les prochaines heures), tous les voyageurs à destination de la France devront, quel que soit leur statut vaccinal, présenter un test PCR de -48h ou un test antigénique de -24h avant le départ de leur vol.

D’autres mesures entreront en application le samedi 4 décembre à minuit et feront l’objet d’une communication complémentaire sur ce site."

"2- Measures in force as of December 4:

At this stage, and taking into account the texts currently in force (which will be completed in the coming hours), all travellers to France must, regardless of their vaccination status, present a -48h PCR test or an antigen test. -24 hours before the departure of their flight.

Other measures will come into effect on Saturday, December 4 at midnight and will be the subject of further communication on this site."

english.lematinal.media/scarlet-red-mauritius-in-the-new-zone-designated-by-france/

Also confirm as from 5 December Germany has added Mauritius to its red list.

Hi Standaman,

We are also very confused. We are fully vaccinated and due to travel to the UK on 20th December via Air France and a connection in Paris. We are unsure whether this will continue as normal or if we would have to quarantine in Paris?

I have emailed Air France and the British Embassy but not yet received a response. Anybody have any insight?

Dear Whitehalltrading,

I will be on a trip to Germany on Dec. 13 with Air France and on transit in Paris. For going to Paris on transit the information given by Anou86 will apply:

"2- Measures in force as of December 4:

At this stage, and taking into account the texts currently in force (which will be completed in the coming hours), all travellers to France must, regardless of their vaccination status, present a -48h PCR test or an antigen test. -24 hours before the departure of their flight.

Other measures will come into effect on Saturday, December 4 at midnight and will be the subject of further communication on this site."

This means you have to present a 48h PCR test or an antigen test taken 24 hours before departure of your flight in Mauritius. This was confirmed in a phone call with Air France yesterday. Please take care that in case of an Antigen test you have the right type of Antigen test as specified on the Air France webside. No quarantine in Paris is forseen.

But you should check further requirements that are in force when you travel to UK and certainly also changements which may come up the next days.

Kind regards

Henry

Latest update and rising. Cases over 5000 daily and over 60 deaths per day sadly

hi is that present figures , deaths are very alarming , if i am travelling from uk , whats your goverments rules is it poss or not

sorry but where does the figure of 5000 daily cases come from. that is just not the case?

standaman1967 wrote:

sorry but where does the figure of 5000 daily cases come from. that is just not the case?

Reuters says so but I'm unsure



That shows, give or take, 100 per day. With a population of around 1.3 million, I'm inclined to question 5,000 cases per day.
Anyone have official data?

5000 Cases per day is just wrong. its more like 60-150 depending on the day with 7 day average coming down currently. people should check facts before posting misleading information on here that could put people off coming on holidays (and bringing much needed revenues to the island).

I see the issue. The link is very old

Hello everyone,

Official figures are available on the GIS FB page ( we have around 80 - 125/150) per day. I think we reached the peak in November.

Figures for yesterday


On a side note, the French authority has removed us from the "RED  SCARLET" zone. We are now in "RED ZONE" which means that travellers no longer need to provide a "motif impérieux" compelling motive before they can travel to Mauritius...



Have a nice day,
Anou