1.How does COVID-19 spread?
The world is experiencing an unprecedented pandemic of a new coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2. This is the pathogen (disease-causing germ) that causes the COVID-19 infectious disease that is currently affecting hundreds of thousands of people worldwide and has recently reached our ...»

Date:25 March 2020 | Category:Health

2.COVID-19: Behram’s Pharmacy advises on prevention measures & management of symptoms with over-the-counter medicines
As part of its efforts to continuously educate the local population about coronavirus (COVID-19), Seychelles NATION obtained the advice of Zarine Udwadia-Durup, pharmacist at Behram’s Plaisance Pharmacy, about prevention measures and managing symptoms of COVID-19 at home with over-the-counter medicines....»

Date:25 March 2020 | Category:Domestic

3.UP CLOSE … with Rosemary Bastienne, retired head teacher
‘Teaching should not be seen as a job but a vocation’   By Marie-Anne Lepathy   Many teachers and past pupils will remember her as a very strict teacher and later head teacher who ensured that all the school rules ...»

Date:24 March 2020 | Category:Domestic

4.No new positive cases of COVID-19 in three days
Seychelles has not recorded any new cases of coronavirus in the last three days as the number of positive cases stands at seven since Thursday last week. All seven people – three Seychellois, two Dutch, a Mauritian and a Ukrainian ...»

Date:23 March 2020 | Category:Health

5.Lalyans Seselwa calls for immediate lockdown, urgent dialogue to discuss emergency measures
The leader of Lalyans Seselwa, Patrick Pillay, has expressed deep disappointment in and anger at President Danny Faure following his address on measures to address the COVID-19 on Friday evening. In a short communique issued on Saturday afternoon, Mr Pillay ...»

Date:23 March 2020 | Category:Politics

6.CBS announces operational measures in view of the COVID-19 situation
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic with cases of the disease confirmed locally, the Central Bank of Seychelles (CBS) is taking proactive measures aimed at maintaining a safe operation while ensuring that it continues to deliver on its objectives. These ...»

Date:23 March 2020 | Category:Domestic

7.Children in Seychelles join Indian Ocean coral reef project
Children from Mauritius, Reunion – a French department in the Indian Ocean – and Seychelles are benefiting from a project highlighting the crucial importance of coral reefs for human livelihood and children as its custodian. Pareo – the reef heritage of ...»

Date:23 March 2020 | Category:Environment

8.Third Seychellois tested positive for COVID-19
  CoronavirusupdateFriday20march2020 A Seychellois tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19) on Thursday, bringing to seven the number of people receiving treatment at the Family Hospital, Perseverance, which has now been declared as a fully operational isolation centre. The isolation centre ...»

Date:21 March 2020 | Category:Domestic

9.The crown
So vicious One can have it without being conscious Don’t mean to be clamorous It has affected even the glamorous   Oh Lord have mercy on us Please wash your hand For it was first seen in Wuhan 'THEY' say ...»

Date:21 March 2020 | Category:Domestic

10.Journalists experience ‘Incredible India’ first-hand
India’s long-standing relationship with Seychelles is often evident through the numerous forms of assistance the world’s second-most populous country offers to the small-island state. Asides from facilitating financial assistance for major capital projects and infrastructure, the South-Asian superpower aids in ...»

Date:21 March 2020 | Category:Domestic

11.SPTC’s measures against COVID-19 Pandemic
Commuters express mixed feelings   There have been mixed feelings among commuters with regard to measures taken by the Seychelles Public Transport Company (SPTC) to protect both its staff and members of the public from contracting the COVID-19. On Wednesday, ...»

Date:20 March 2020 | Category:Domestic

12.Parents turn out in numbers to collect education packs
Parents with children in crèche up to primary 3, as well as in Secondary 1 to S3, came down in numbers yesterday to collect the necessary education materials to guide their children who have been given two weeks off school ...»

Date:20 March 2020 | Category:Domestic

13.A message from the Deeper Life Bible Church
2020: ‘We are safe in the Almighty’s hands’   “This is the first quarter of 2020, and, as usual, many challenges of life, like storms, will arise along the way. Really, there is no denying that we live in a ...»

Date:20 March 2020 | Category:Domestic

14.Beach soccer
Real Maldives crowned champions with two matches to spare Anse Etoile-based Real Maldives have entered the lockdown period as champions of the national beach soccer league with two matches left on their schedule. Since Monday March 16, the authorities have ...»

Date:20 March 2020 | Category:Sport

15.Closure of public schools due to COVID-19
Parents urged to collect their children’s education materials Following the closures of state crèche, primary and secondary schools on Mahé, the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development is now inviting parents to collect the necessary education materials to guide ...»

Date:19 March 2020 | Category:Education

16.Hygiene and cleanliness of public school toilets to improve
Cleaning standards for school toilets, hand-washing and drying facilities as well as drinking water supplies are but some of the issues addressed yesterday, during a brief training session for cleaning agencies and housekeepers providing the service to public schools. Organised ...»

Date:19 March 2020 | Category:Education

17.COVID-19 through the eyes of our children
As we, adults, preoccupy ourselves over the health and economic impacts, statistics and shortages linked to COVID-19, our children are listening and observing our reactions. They are actually following the basic rules for not getting infected and we asked them ...»

Date:19 March 2020 | Category:Domestic

18.National Assembly
LDS walk out after no-show by authorities on COVID-19 action plan   The National Assembly’s scheduled sitting yesterday, in which a Private Notice Question (PNQ) pertaining to the government’s strategy against the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath was on the ...»

Date:18 March 2020 | Category:Domestic

19.Future Care Clinic hosts breast self-examination workshop
Statistics show that currently, breast cancer is the most frequent cause of cancer death in women, making it an important issue in the work of medicine. The good news is that women can perform breast self-examinations at home and experience ...»

Date:18 March 2020 | Category:Health

20.Impact of COVID-19 in Seychelles
Revised 2020 budget before National Assembly by March 31   In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Finance, Trade, Investment and Economic Planning is working on revising the 2020 approved budget to prioritise health and food security. This ...»

Date:17 March 2020 | Category:Presidency