One week after a first presidential speech broadcast on national television due to the second wave of Covid-19 hitting the island, Republican President Andry Rajoelinas spoke a second time last night to announce that the measures were intensified. If storage is not on the agenda, a health condition has been declared for two weeks.
as reported from Madagascar, Laure Verneau
It is forbidden to enter and leave the regions of Analamanga, Atsinana and Sava. And the island of Nosy Be is still closed to international flights. The bus taxi lines in these regions are closed. Bars and schools are closed.
Curfew
But the restaurants remain open, with a capacity reduced by half. And curfews will be observed from 21:00 to 05:00 The opening of places of worship is limited to a maximum of one hundred people, while pharmacies remain open continuously to facilitate access to medicines.
Prior to the epidemic, the measures will be strengthened for two weeks by the CEO. Without mentioning the containment; The president also announced that the country had registered for the Covax facility, stating that he had identified two types of vaccine for the country with the support of the Academy of Medicine without specifying which ones.
Acid is coming
Vaccination is not mandatory, he also stressed. And the elderly, the army and health workers will be given priority. Andry Rajoelina also announced the arrival on Monday of 800 new oxygen cylinders, equipment is missing in hospitals the last days.
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