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The President also pointed out, that vaccination against Covid-19 is one of the measures taken to protect the population. He reported that in the current state just over 406,000 Malagasy are vaccinated. The state has set a goal of 1,000,000 people being vaccinated by the end of this year. Through the COVAX initiative and the AVAT program, Madagascar has so far benefited from around 2,000,000 million doses of coronavirus vaccines. The Malagasy population can choose between Astrazeneca, Janssen and Sinopharm.

On Wednesday, 17th November, the Council of Ministers announced that flights between Madagascar and Mauritius will be suspended, to protect the country from the spread of the delta variant of the coronavirus. The last flight between the two countries will be that of November 27.

Commercial flights between Madagascar and its neighbour resumed on 23rd October. The number of new corona cases has skyrocketed in Mauritius since the reopening of the borders. According to an article published on the Mauritian Express website, the country is among the top 5 African states with the highest number of new daily cases.

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