The UAE Government has this afternoon hand over 11 tonnes of medical supplies to the Seychelles government, as humanitarian aid to help contain and mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 virus in the country. The high standard medical supplies are a special donation from His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu [...]
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said Wednesday that the postponed Tokyo Games would require "sacrifices and compromises" from all sides to make them work. "These postponed Olympic Games will need sacrifices, will need compromises by all of the stakeholders," Bach told reporters in a conference call the day after the IOC decided to delay [...]
Every international flight to Seychelles except for one will be suspended as of this weekend amidst the spread of COVID-19 pandemic, officials said. The only international flight remaining to and from the island nation will be Air Seychelles' flight to Johannesburg, South Africa. There are 12 international airlines with connecting flight to Seychelles. Eight have [...]
Every international flight carrying passengers to and from Seychelles except for one will be suspended as of this weekend amidst the spread of COVID-19 pandemic, officials said. The only international flight remaining to and from the island nation will be Air Seychelles' flight to Johannesburg, South Africa. There are 12 international airlines with connecting flight [...]
All employees in Seychelles with children under age 15 who had to proceed on annual leave because of the closure of schools will not have their annual leave deducted. This latest development in Seychelles was announced by the Employment Department on Monday, following the closure of all daycares centres and educational institutions due to COVID-19. [...]
India's billion-plus population went into a three-week lockdown on Wednesday, with a third of the world now under orders to stay indoors, as the coronavirus pandemic forced Japan to postpone the Olympics until next year. Financial markets soared after a catastrophic month as the US Congress looked set to pass a mammoth stimulus bill, joining [...]
A three-day survey carried out in Seychelles shows that at least 2,367 bookings worth $3.8 million were cancelled between February 25 and March 23 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, said the finance minister. Overall, the Finance Ministry is projecting a 64 percent drop in tourist arrivals in 2020. The 72 establishments that took part in [...]
The Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS) has announced that its foreign exchange reserve will only be used to procure three items – fuel, basic food commodities and medicines – as major shocks are expected in the economic sector amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The Bank also cut the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) to four per cent [...]
Numerous sub-Saharan countries acted to stem the spread of coronavirus on Monday, with South Africa announcing a soldier-patrolled lockdown and Senegal and Ivory Coast each declaring a state of emergency. The pandemic had been slow to spread in Africa compared to the Middle East and Europe, but in recent days the number of deaths and [...]
The UN Security Council, which has not met for 12 days due to the coronavirus outbreak, is deeply divided over a proposed declaration on the crisis and holding "virtual" meetings to vote on resolutions, diplomatic sources said Monday. The impasse comes as world leaders struggle to respond to the pandemic, with rivals US and China [...]
