Voicing joy and excitement from behind face masks, tens of thousands of people fled Wuhan on Wednesday after a 76-day travel ban was lifted on the Chinese city where the coronavirus pandemic first emerged. Previously quiet train and bus stations bustled as an exodus began from the city of 11 million, with some passengers wearing [...]
Seychellois on Tuesday joined the growing global effort to thank healthcare workers for their dedicated efforts in the fight against the COVID-19 sickness. At exactly nine in the morning on Tuesday, people applauded the island nation’s health workers. From State House to ministries, companies, businesses and families all joined in to say thank you to [...]
Seychelles' funding priorities for 2020 have shifted due to COVID-19 and now must emphasise healthcare, food security, and job security, the Finance Minister said. Maurice Loustau-Lalanne presented a budget amendment to the National Assembly on Tuesday through the Appropriation Bill 2020. Notably, the government is cancelling several festivals and delaying the national census to 2021 [...]
As COVID-19 captures global headlines, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Tuesday that the world needs nearly six million nurses. The UN's health agency along with partners Nursing Now and the International Council of Nurses (ICN) underscored in a report the crucial role played by nurses, who make up more than half of all health [...]
1. Q: The epidemic has taken footholds in many places around the world and is still spreading. China has provided material assistance to several countries and shared Chinese experience on COVID-19 with the world. Can you give us more information on that? A: The pandemic knows no borders but it brings out the best in [...]
A new plan to bring down the operational costs of artisanal fishermen in Seychelles has become operative, said a top official. The interim chief executive of the Seychelles Fisheries Authority (SFA), Cyril Bonnelame, told a press conference on Monday that the authority has looked at ways to bring down the cost of ice and bait [...]
A deadly Pacific cyclone cut off communication links to Vanuatu's northern islands Tuesday, with aid officials saying they had grave concerns for residents in the remote areas. Tropical Cyclone Harold, which claimed 27 lives when it swept through the Solomon Islands last week, lashed Vanuatu's northern provinces overnight as a scale-topping category five superstorm. Red [...]
The Seychelles' international airport will remain closed until end of April while new maritime surveillance will be applied in the island nation, two measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, President Danny Faure said on Monday. Faure, in an address to the nation, said that "as of yesterday, we recorded only 10 patients that [...]
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was taken to hospital after failing to shake off coronavirus symptoms, as Queen Elizabeth II said a united effort would defeat the outbreak. The government announced within an hour of the monarch's rare special address Sunday to the country and Commonwealth nations that Johnson had been admitted for further tests [...]
About 100 Russian tourists stranded in Seychelles due to the COVID-19 pandemic are expected to be repatriated back to Russia on a chartered flight, said an official from the Russian Embassy. The flight schedule and route is currently being worked on, Maxim Matasov, the First Secretary at the Russian Embassy in Seychelles, said Friday. "It [...]
