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Seychelles Covid-19 - 135 Cases and News

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( Seychelles News Agency ) - Seychelles has two other confirmed cases of COVID-19 , bringing the total to six, a senior health official said Wednesday.
Health commissioner Jude Gedeon said at a press conference that two Ukrainians working in a hotel in Seychelles were showing symptoms and that their tests returned positive.
"We now have six patients who have tested positive, four foreigners and two Seychellois. We have also tested two contacts, one yesterday and one today; both are negative," he said.
Dr. Gedeon added that the two foreigners are a couple and "one entered the country on an Emirates flight on the 12th and met his partner at the hotel. After two days, they began to have symptoms.
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Source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202003201099.html

Seychelles and Covid-19 - Us, Australian Nationals, Foreign Yachts Banned - 7th Case Confirmed
20 March 2020
Seychelles News Agency (Victoria)

The Seychelles' Public Health Authority on Friday announced a temporary ban on foreign yachts entering the country's waters effective immediately, while the list of banned nationals was expanded to include Americans and Australians, the latest efforts in the fight to control the spread of COVID-19.

The public health commissioner, Jude Gedeon, said Seychellois residents returning home from Australia and the United States will have to go into quarantine for 14 days. Seychelles has a ban in place on visitors from Europe, China, Iran and South Korea, areas with high numbers of COVID-19 cases...

...On Friday, the island nation recorded its seventh positive case of COVID-19. The latest patient - a Seychellois - was in contact with the Ukrainian who tested positive on Wednesday. The confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Seychelles -- 115 islands in the western Indian Ocean - are three Seychellois, two Dutch nationals, one Ukrainian and one Mauritian. The condition of one of the Dutch couple, a man, was described as critical and he has been put on ventilation...
 
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Source: http://www.seychellesnewsagency.com...ew+positive+cases+confirmed,+brings+total+to+



Seychelles and COVID-19: 2 new positive cases confirmed, brings total to 10
Victoria, Seychelles | March 31, 2020, Tuesday @ 10:18 in National ? HEALTH | By: Betymie Bonnelame | Views: 1767
Seychelles and COVID-19: 2 new positive cases confirmed, brings total to 10

(Seychelles News Agency) - Seychelles has two new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of positive cases to 10, the Department of Health said on Monday.

Two Seychellois residents who were in quarantine at the Beau Vallon quarantine facility tested positive for COVID-19...
 
Source: http://www.seychellesnewsagency.com...+Seychelles+shuts+down+non-essential+services

After new COVID case, Seychelles shuts down non-essential services
Victoria, Seychelles | April 8, 2020, Wednesday @ 11:26 in National ? GENERAL | By: Daniel Laurence Edited by: Betymie Bonnelame |
The essential services will include shops selling necessary commodities like groceries, food products among others. (Gerard Larose, Seychelles Tourism Board)

(Seychelles News Agency) - Seychelles on Wednesday at midnight will shut down non-essential services and restrict the movements of people for 21 days to prevent the spread of COVID-19, a top health official said on Tuesday.

The new strict measures -- in line with prevention efforts seen around the world -- came after a 26-year-old Seychellois man who works as a ground handling staff at Seychelles' international airport tested positive for the virus on Monday, bringing the nation's total cases to 11.

"The fact that he has been circulating in the population when he developed symptoms it is possible that other people have been exposed and will test positive as of today. ... It is for this reason that new measures will be announced and this will start with a restriction on people's movement," Jude Gedeon, the Public Health Commissioner, told a press conference...
 
https://africa.com/seychelles-issues...-borders-open/

As part of the safety measures being imposed by the destination, it will be compulsory for all visitors entering the Seychelles to take a Covid-19 test 48 hours prior to disembarking on the Pointe Larue International Airport. A health fee of fifty dollars will have to be incurred on grounds to cover further local health procedures imposed by the Public Health Authority as part of the new requirements.
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https://www.eturbonews.com/573256/co...chelles-entry/

At its last review on the May 28, 2020, the Seychelles Public Health Emergency Operations Centre (PHEOC) identified a number of countries as low risk. In conducting its review, PHEOC considered the following criteria:
  • Magnitude of transmission
  • Trend in outbreak
  • Low incidence of cases
  • Responsiveness of the public health system
  • Advisories from Public Health Authorities
  • Reliability of data
PHEOC recommended to the Public Health Commissioner that the following countries could be designated low risk.

Risk assessment is dynamic, and the list of countries will be kept under constant review and may be amended.
  1. Australia
  2. Austria
  3. Botswana
  4. China
  5. Croatia
  6. Greece
  7. Hungary
  8. Israel
  9. Japan
  10. Luxembourg
  11. Mauritius
  12. Monaco
  13. Namibia
  14. New Zealand
  15. Norway
  16. Slovakia
  17. Slovenia
  18. Switzerland
  19. Thailand
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https://www.africa-newsroom.com/pres...vessel?lang=en

Coronavirus - Seychelles: New COVID-19 cases detected on board Spanish fishing vessel


The positive crew members are all well, without any symptoms of the infection and are in isolation on the respective vessels
VICTORIA, Seychelles, July 7, 2020/APO Group/ --

10 new positive cases of COVID-19 were detected on board two of the Spanish fishing vessels during a scheduled assessment of the fleet by the Public Health Authority on Sunday 5th July 2020.



The assessment is setup as a routine to verify the status of the manners who have been in contact with other seafarers who tested positive for the virus.

The positive crew members are all well, without any symptoms of the infection and are in isolation on the respective vessels.

Initial tests on board the two ships revealed 6 cases of COVID-19. Of these 6 crew members, 4 have now tested negative for the virus, while 2 are still positive.

The number of positive COVID-19 on board all the vessels totals 80.
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With the eleven original cases identified before May, this further 80 cases would bring the total to 91 by my reckoning.
 
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