With 17 positive cases of Covid-19 detected in Vallée-des-Prêtres, this region was declared a red zone from 8 p.m. on Friday, July 2. These people are linked to the Terre-Rouge cluster (Foondun fragmentation), also in the red zone.
In total, since June 29, 48 people in this cluster have tested positive, including 13 in this village, 17 in Vallée-des-Prêtres, ten in Cité-Martial and a few in Coromandel, Port-Louis and Vallée. -Pitot. This is what Kailesh Jagutpal said during the National Communication Committee press briefing on Covid-19.
The authorities suspect that the starting point of this contamination is a marriage. The first found is personnel from a quarantine center. The Terre-Rouge family then did self-tests.
The Deputy Commissioner of Police, Krishna Jhugroo, explained the modalities of the Vallée-des-Prêtres red zone. The borders will be Priest Peak and the Lataniers River in parallel, as well as the intersection of Queen Elizabeth and Bernardin de St-Pierre streets on one side, and Paul et Virginie Street on the other. There will be roadblocks and check points.
The inhabitants of Chitrakoot, who are not in the red zone, will have to have a special permit, because they will have to go through Vallée-des-Prêtres. To gain access to Queen Elizabeth Street, they will have to detour by Marcelin Street.
Self-isolation for double-vaccinated
In addition, Dr. Kailesh Jaugutpal clarified that people in contact with a positive case who have taken two doses of vaccines can do the quarantine in self-isolation, provided they have the arrangements to be separated from other members of the family. . If not, those people on two doses can go into quarantine for seven days and then, if the test is negative, do the other seven days in home isolation.