If social distancing practices aren't adhered to in order to stop the spread of COVID-19 then the Seychelles may have to return to stricter rules, a top official said on Tuesday. The Public Health Commissioner, Jude Gedeon, told a press conference that social distancing is one of the key interventions in the fight against the [...]
An Indian naval ship was deployed on Sunday to deliver consignments of COVID-19 related essential medicines to Seychelles and other countries in the region, according to an Indian news service. Separately, the Chinese embassy in Seychelles has donated thousands of masks and gloves to help against COVID-19. The Indian vessel is also carrying two medical [...]
If lockdowns and stay-at-home orders are succeeding in slowing the spread of the coronavirus, health experts warn that the measures could unintentionally undermine efforts to contain another potentially deadly disease: HIV. At the start of April, Travis Sanchez, an epidemiologist at Emory University, carried out an online survey of around 1,000 men who have sex [...]
The French army on Monday began to dismantle a field hospital set up at the peak of the coronavirus epidemic, with some intensive care beds to be sent to the Indian Ocean island of Mayotte. The hospital, said to be unique in peacetime France, was set up in the city of Mulhouse when the intensive [...]
Displaced islanders from the Indian Ocean’s Chagos islands will be able to follow their case live online for the first time when the High Courts in in the United Kingdom hears an appeal in the case starting Tuesday. The online viewing option is in line with new health measures due to COVID-19, where only a limited [...]
The Financial Services Authority of Seychelles is paying a dividend of SCR25 million ($1.4 million) to the government for the first quarter of 2020, a significant increase to its SCR7 million ($400,000) for the same period last year, said a top official. The authority's chief executive, Steve Fanny, made the announcement at a joint press [...]
Sri Lanka's stock exchange was shut 38 seconds after opening Monday for the first time following a 52-day virus lockdown, as a plunge in share prices triggered a circuit breaker. The Colombo Stock Exchange was closed on March 20 when the government imposed a lockdown to combat the spread of the coronavirus, with only essential [...]
Swathes of Europe began the long process of re-opening from coronavirus lockdowns on Monday, but the first new infections in weeks at China's ground zero offered a sobering reminder of the dangers of a second wave of cases. The mixed fortunes illustrated the high-wire act governments face across the globe as they try to get [...]
Seychelles' government will not cover the salaries of foreign workers after July 1, a top government official said. Foreigners working for businesses whose economic activities have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic are receiving financial assistance under the Financial Assistance for Job Retention scheme set up by the government. Under the scheme, the government has [...]
Working at home because of COVID-19 has been a challenge -- but it might be one I could get used to. Millions of people around the world have had to work at home the last several months, and this has people everywhere wondering: Could I do this all the time? Do we really need so [...]
