Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Following are Wednesday’s foreign exchange rates for the Mauritian Rupee as issued by the Mauritian Commercial Bank Full text...
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Coronavirus-19: Mauritius extends sanitary curfew as death toll rises by two
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister, Mr Pravind Jugnauth, has announced that the sanitary curfew which was introduced on 23 March until 31 March to fight COVID-19 (coronavirus) has been extended to 15 April Full text...
Tuesday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank 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 Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritania registers first death
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Mauritania on Monday recorded its first death linked to COVID-19 (coronavirus), the health authorities said Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius extends sanitary Curfew till 15 April
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister, Mr Pravind Jugnauth, on Monday announced that the sanitary curfew which started on 23 March will be extended till 15 April 2020, following an increase in the number of Covid-19 cases which now stands at 128 with three deaths reported, the Government Information Services (GIS) said 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 Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritanian gov't closes businesses, shuts down Kaedi
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Mauritanian government has closed all businesses in the country from Sunday until further notice as it rolled out more measures to check the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, a joint declaration made by the ministries of Interior and Trade said Full text...
Coronavirus: Third death reported in Mauritius
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A third COVID-19 (coronavirus) patient died in Mauritius on Sunday night, as the number of infected cases rises from 107 to 110 Full text...
Mauritania registers two new cases of coronavirus, suspends inter-urban travel
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania recorded two new cases of coronavirus on Saturday, bringing the number of people infected with Covid-19 in the country to five, PANA learned from an official source Full text...
Saturday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Saturday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius introduces online shopping of essential goods as number of cases reaches 94
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian population is able to purchase essential goods - food, beverages, health and sanitary products, and toiletries - through online shopping effective Friday during the lockout period in the face of rising number of coronavirus cases that has reached 94, PANA reported from here Full text...
Covid-19: Mauritians start online shopping of essentials as number of cases reaches 81
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian population is able to purchase essential goods - food, beverages, health and sanitary products - through online shopping as from Friday during the lockout period in the face of increased number of coronavirus infections that has reached 81, PANA reported from here Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritania suspends Friday collective prayers
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Friday afternoon collective prayers have been suspended throughout Mauritania with immediate effect to prevent and control the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, the Ministry of Islamic Affairs announced Full text...
Friday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Friday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank 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 Full text...
Mauritania registers third case of coronavirus
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania has registered a third sufferer of coronavirus fever, according to an announcement by Health minister Mohamed Nadhiri Hamed on Thursday Full text...
Mauritius launches mobile application on Covid-19
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Information Technology, Communication and Innovation minister Deepak Balgobin on Thursday launched a mobile application on Covid-19, called “beSafeMoris”, in a bid “to create awareness for a safer Mauritius through real-time information, approved by the Ministry of Health and Wellness Full text...
Thursday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritanian President creates Solidarity Fund
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Cheikh El Ghazouani has announced the creation of a National Solidarity Fund to raise resources to combat the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) 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 Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritian government sets up Solidarity Fund
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Government on Thursday announced the setting up of a COVID-19 Solidarity Fund to provide support to the population and the community at large who are being affected by the pandemic Full text...
Mauritanian government reassures on supplies to local markets
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) -Mauritania has enough stock of goods for a normal supply of basic necessities for six months, according to the Minister of Trade and Tourism, Sid'Ahmed Mohamed, who spoke in an interview published Wednesday by the government press Full text...
Wednesday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Wednesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius PM announces complete lockdown until 31 March
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth announced on Tuesday night a complete lockdown of all supermarkets, shops and bakeries till 31 March, effective Wednesday morning, to protect citizens from the deadly COVID-19 (coronavirus) Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritania partially closes border with Mali
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Mauritanian and Malian governments have agreed to close their 2,000-kilometers common border, within the framework of the prevention and fight against the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), said the Mauritanian Interior ministry Full text...
Tuesday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Tuesday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank 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 Full text...
Mauritius govt introduces Wage Assistance Scheme for employees
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Finance, Economic Planning and Development minister Renganaden Padayachy on Monday announced the introduction of a Wage Support Scheme to limit the socioeconomic impacts of coronavirus on the island Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritania denies media reports of one death
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government has denied media reports of a death of a coronavirus patient in the country Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius announces 10-day curfew from Monday night
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritius Government has imposed a 10-day curfew on the country from 20:00 hours on Monday 23 March to 20:00 hours local time on Thursday 2 April 2020 in a bid to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) 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 Full text...
Coronavirus: Four new cases in Mauritius
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Dr Vasant Rao Gujadhur, Director of Health Services in Mauritius, announced on Sunday that four new cases of Covid-19 infections have been recorded in the island in the last 24 hours Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius announces protective plan to fight Covid -19
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The spokesperson of the National Communication Committee on Covid-19, Dr Zouberr Joomaye, on Sunday said Mauritius has stepped up a protective plan to fight the propagation of Covid-19 in the wake of the increasing number of cases that are being detected in the island Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritanian banker calls for African mobilization against disease
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Businessman and founder of the General Bank of Mauritania (GBM), Mohamed ould Bouamatou, has urged Africans to mobilise to fight COVID-19 (coronavirus) Full text...
Saturday's forex rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Saturday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya as issued by the Mauritanian Central Bank Full text...
Coronavirus: Air Mauritius allowed to operate three inbound flights Saturday
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian national carrier, Air Mauritius, has been granted special authorization by the authorities to operate three inbound flights on Saturday despite the suspension of commercial flights to check the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus) Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius govt. amends Public Health Act to control virus
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius Government has amended the Public Health Act in a bid to make it an offence not to disclose sickness from coronavirus Full text...
Coronavirus: First death recorded in Mauritius
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Health and Wellness Minister of Mauritius, Dr Kailesh Jagutpaul, on Saturday confirmed the death of one patient from COVID-19 (coronavirus), but gave no details about this case 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 Full text...
Mauritania: Authorities impose curfew against coronavirus
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian authorities on Thursday announced new measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), including a curfew from 8 p Full text...
COVID-19: Moroccan Embassy sets up cells for sensitization of its nationals in Mauritania
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Moroccan embassy in Nouakchott has set up two cells to assist and sensitize its nationals on the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19), PANA learnt on Thursday from diplomatic sources Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius reports its first three cases
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Wednesday night announced that three cases of Covid-19 (Coronavirus) have been registered in the island Full text...
Coronavirus: Second case discovered in Mauritania
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Mauritanian minister of Health, Mohamed Nadhiri ould Hamed, on Wednesday afternoon announced the discovery of a second positive case of the coronavirus fever (COVID-19) on a foreign woman employee at the house of a couple of expatriates Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritania suspends weekly markets in the East
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government has decided to suspend all weekly markets organized in the east of the country, especially in the 2 Hodh regions bordering Mali, as part of the implementation of measures to prevent and control coronavirus (COVID-19), the local press reported on Wednesday, quoting a source at the interior ministry Full text...
Coronavirus: Diocese of Port Louis sets up committee to monitor evolution of Covid-19
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Cardinal Maurice E Full text...
Coronavirus: Cases hit 529 across Africa, 14 dead - Africa CDC
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - At least 14 people have died from the coronavirus outbreak in 31 countries in Africa, with confirmed cases rising to 529 cases on Wednesday Full text...
Guinea-Bissau closes its borders to keep off coronavirus
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - President Umaro Sissoco Embalo of Guinea Bissau has ordered immediate closure of all land, air and sea borders of the country due to the coronavirus pandemic Full text...
Coronavirus: Mauritius to increase local food production in the face of virus
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Agro-Industry and Food Security Minister Maneesh Gobin, on Wednesday, said that despite no case of Covid-19 (coronavirus) has been reported in Mauritius, the island remains vulnerable to such a threat, hence self-sufficiency is a necessity to generate an increase in local production 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 Full text...