Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities announced on Friday that they detected 258 new positive cases of COVID-19 during the last 24 hours Full text...
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Thursday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 30 Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 161 new positive cases
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities announced on Thursday that they had detected 161 new positive cases of COVID-19 during the last 24 hours Full text...
Ethiopian Crisis: Troops and militia rape, abduct women and girls in Tigray – new report
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Women and girls in Tigray region were targeted for rape and other sexual violence by fighting forces aligned to the Ethiopian government, Amnesty International said in a new report into the ongoing Tigray conflict Full text...
Wednesday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 30 Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 101 new positive cases
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities announced on Wednesday that they had detected 101 new positive cases for COVID-19 during the last 24 hours Full text...
Tuesday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 30 Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 100 new positive cases
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities announced on Tuesday that they had detected 100 new positive cases of COVID-19 during the last 24 hours Full text...
Monday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 30 Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius records 105 new positive cases, one death
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities announced on Monday that they recorded 105 positive cases of COVID-19 and one death, during the last 24 hours Full text...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 30 Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius records 173 new cases
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities said on Friday that they detected 173 positive cases of COVID-19, all asymptomatic, on Thursday Full text...
Coronavirus: AU begins monthly shipments of vaccines
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union (AU) is on Thursday beginning its monthly shipments of vaccines acquired by the AU/African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT) to Member States Full text...
Thursday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 30 Full text...
Mauritius to introduce national action plan on breastfeeding
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Minister of Health and Wellness, Kailesh Jaguptal, said that a national action plan on breastfeeding whose objective is to gradually increase the percentage of breastfeeding to 50%, will soon be introduced in the country Full text...
AU sends election observation mission to Zambia’s 2021 polls
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – In response to an invitation from the Government of Zambia, African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat, has approved the deployment of an African Union (AU) Short-Term Election Observation (STO) Mission to Zambia to observe the country’s general elections scheduled for 12 August 2021 Full text...
Wednesday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 30 Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius records 96 new positive cases
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A total of 96 new positive cases COVID-19 cases were detected in Mauritius on Tuesday, according to a press release issued by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, on Wednesday Full text...
Tuesday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 30 Full text...
Monday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 30 Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius reports 164 new infections
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities announced on Monday that they detected 164 positive cases of COVID-19 during the weekend Full text...
AU calls on member countries to speed up evacuation of citizens stranded in Libya
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The African Union Commission (AUC) has called on Member States to expedite the evacuation and return of their citizens stranded in Libya, following the tragic drowning of 57 illegal migrants off the North African country's coast Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius opens vaccination centres to all citizens
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius will open all its 17 vaccination centres around the island to every citizen who wish to be inoculated as from 2 August 2021, official sources said in Port-Louis Full text...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 30 Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius records 141 new positive cases
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities announced on Friday that 141 new positive cases of COVID-19 have been detected in the country Full text...
Mauritian govt. to impose penalties for littering in public areas
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Minister of Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change, Mr Kavy Ramano, on Thursday, said that the government will impose penalties for littering and illegal dumping in public zones Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius detects 94 new positive cases
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities said on Thursday that they have detected 94 new positive cases of Covid-19 in the island Full text...
Thursday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 30 Full text...
Energy supply in Mauritius from local renewable sources slumps by 13.3 % in 2020
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius said on Wednesday that in 2020, some 13 Full text...
Mauritius to introduce hepatitis C virus micro-elimination approach for dialysis patients
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Minister of Health and Wellness, Kailesh Jagutpal, on Wednesday, announced that the micro-elimination approach to eliminate hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in haemodialysis patients would be introduced by the end of 2021 in Mauritius Full text...
Libya, Jordan health officials discuss treatment of autism
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Health, Ali al-Zanati, has discussed with a delegation of the Jordanian Academy of Autism, bilateral cooperation mechanism regarding the local promotion of autism syndrome treatment in Libya Full text...
Wednesday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 30 Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius records one new death
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Ministry of Health and Welfare on Wednesday announced the death of a patient attributed to COVID-19, bringing the death toll to 5, since the discovery of the outbreak of the disease in the island in March 2020 Full text...
Mauritian customs seizes 1.884 kg of hashish at office of courier service
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Customs Anti-Narcotics Section (CANS) of the Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) on Monday seized 1 Full text...
IMF Managing Director approves SMP for policy reform in Guinea-Bissau
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau (PANA) - The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a Staff-Monitored Programme (SMP) for Guinea Bissau for the period July 2021 to April 2022, aiming to help build a strong track record of policy and reform implementation, possibly paving the way for an IMF-supported programme in early 2022 Full text...
Coronavirus: More than 42% of Mauritian population immunised
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Minister of Health and Wellness, Kailesh Jagutpal, said on Tuesday that 531,000 persons - more than 42% of the population and 50% of the adults - have had both doses of COVID-19 vaccines Full text...
Libyan Presidential Council chairman ends visit to Congo with call for AU to support stability in Libya
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, Mohamed Al-Manfi, Tuesday reiterated his call on the African Union (AU) to play its role in Libya and support it to achieve lasting security and stability Full text...
Tuesday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian commercial bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 30 Full text...
Heroin found on board Air Mauritius cargo plane from Johannesburg
Plaisance, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian anti-drug smuggling unit (ADSU) on Monday found two packages containing heroin, which had been airlifted from Johannesburg, South Africa, police sources said in the Mauritian capital Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius detects 52 new positive cases
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities announced on Monday that they had detected 52 new positive cases of COVID-19, but all are asymptomatic Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius detects 93 new positive cases
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Health authorities in Mauritius on Friday detected 93 cases of COVID-19 in the island, most of them on foreign workers residents of a dormitory that is under strict sanitary surveillance and is operating as quarantine centre Full text...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 30 Full text...
Mauritius' tea sector facing competition from foreign producers
Ebene, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Agro-industry Minister Maneesh Gobin on Friday said that the tea sector is facing competition from foreign producers and also the impacts of climate change Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius detects 112 new positive cases
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian health authorities said on Friday that 112 positive cases of COVID-19 were detected on Thursday, following 1,547 PCR tests thus bringing the number of cases since the beginning of the second wave on 5 March 2021 to 2,798 Full text...
The following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritius rupee
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The following are Thursday's exchange rates for the Mauritius rupee as announced by the Mauritius Commercial Bank Full text...
Mauritian women have higher life expectancy than men
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian women live some 6 Full text...
Mauritius to tackle food wastage
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Agro-industry and Food Security Minister Maneesh Gobin on Wednesday launched the 2021 potato harvesting season with a call to citizens to reduce food wastage Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius detects 111 new positive cases
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian health authorities on Wednesday detected a total of 111 new positive cases of COVID-19, the majority of which were in two dormitories of foreign workers Full text...
Monday's forex rates for the Mauritian Rupee
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Monday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank:
Currency Buying Selling
Australian Dollar 30 Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius detects 51 new positive cases
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Health authorities in Mauritius have on Monday announced that 51 positive cases of COVID-19 were detected over the week-end after 3,908 PCR tests Full text...