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Consolidated COVID-19 Regulations 2021 GN No. 245 of 2021 Repealed by [GN No. 155 of 2022] Government Gazette of Mauritius No. 152 of 1 October 2021 THE QUARANTINE ACT 2020 Regulations made by the Minister under section 13 of the Quarantine Act 2020 PART I — PRELIMINARY 1. Short title These regulations may be cited as the Consolidated COVID-19 Regulations 2021. 2. Interpretation In these regulations — "Act" means the Quarantine Act 2020; "chronic disease" includes — (a) uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, high blood pressure and ischaemic heart disease; (b) chronic respiratory disease, including severe asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; (c) chronic renal failure; (d) cirrhosis of liver; (e) mental disorder; (f) a disability which renders self-confinement impracticable; or (g) such other chronic illness as a Government medical practitioner may assess; "COVID-19" means the virus known as the novel coronavirus (2019-n CoV) or SARS CoV2; "COVID-19 test" means any COVID-19 test; "COVID-19 vaccination centre" means such health institution or such other specified area as the Minister may designate;

(iii) produces, subject to paragraph (3), documentary evidence that he has a health insurance covering COVID-10; and (iv) duly fills in the Public Health Passenger Locator Form. (2) Paragraph (1)(a)(i) shall not apply to a person under the age of 18. (3) Paragraph (1)(a)(iii) and (b)(iii) shall not apply to a citizen of Mauritius or a resident of Mauritius. (4) This regulation shall not apply to a member of an airline crew and to a transit passenger. 18. Fully vaccinated incoming passengers (1) A fully vaccinated person shall, on arrival, undergo a COVID-19 test. (2) Where a fully vaccinated person — (a) stays at a registered hotel, he shall, on the fifth day, excluding the day of his arrival, undergo a COVID-19 test; or (b) does not stay at a registered hotel, he shall, on the fifth day, excluding the day of his arrival, undergo a self-administered COVID-19 test. 19. Non-fully vaccinated incoming passengers (1) A person who is not fully vaccinated shall — (a) on arrival, undergo an RT-PCR test; (b) on the seventh day, excluding the day of his arrival, undergo a second RT-PCR test; and (c) on the fourteenth day, excluding the day of his arrival, undergo a third RT-PCR test. (2) The Ministry shall make appropriate arrangements for the RT-PCR tests to be conducted on the person referred to in paragraph (1). PART VIII — SELF-TESTING KIT 20. Interpretation of Part VIII In this Part — "laboratory reagents company" means a company registered with the Ministry to import laboratory reagents; "pharmacy" has the same meaning as in the Pharmacy Act; "private laboratory" means a laboratory registered with the Ministry;

"registered medical practitioner" has the same meaning as in the Medical Council Act; "registered nurse" has the same meaning as in the Nursing Council Act; "Self-Testing Kit" means the COVID-19 Antigen based test kit with nasal, nasopharyngeal or saliva swabs, as approved by the World Health Organisation, the Food and Drug Administration or the European Union; "wholesale pharmacy" has the same meaning as in the Pharmacy Act and is a wholesale pharmacy which holds a written authorisation from the Ministry to import Self-Testing Kits. 21. Sale of Self-Testing Kit (1) A wholesale pharmacy shall not sell any Self-Testing Kit to any person other than to — (a) the Ministry; (b) private health institutions; (c) medical practitioners; (d) private laboratories; * (e) laboratory reagents companies; (f) retail pharmacies; and (g) the Mauritius Duty Free Paradise, the Rodrigues Duty Free Paradise and the Christian Decotter Cruise Jetty. (2) Every sale of a Self-Testing Kit shall be recorded in a register. (3) Every user shall keep a record of every Self-Testing Kit that has been used, including the name and contact details of the person on which the Self-Testing Kit has been used. (4) Any register kept under this Part shall, on demand, be produced to the Ministry. 22. Duty to inform Quarantine Authority Where a person is tested to be COVID-19 positive by means of a Self-Testing Kit, the user shall forthwith inform the Quarantine Authority. PART IX — MISCELLANEOUS 23. Guidelines The Ministry may, for the purposes of these regulations, issue such guidelines as it may deem appropriate. 24. Offences

(d) otherwise contravenes these regulations, shall commit an offence. (4) Any person who commits an offence shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 500,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years. 25. Revocation (1) The following regulations are revoked — (a) COVID-19 (Preventive and Sanitary Measures) Regulations 2021; (b) COVID-19 (Self-Confinement) Regulations 2021; (c) COVID-19 (Restriction of Access to Specified Institutions) Regulations 2021; (d) COVID-19 (Closing Down of Premises and Restriction of Activities) (No. 3) Regulations 2021; (e) COVID-19 (Quarantine) Regulations 2021; (f) Public Health (COVID-19 Vaccines for Emergency Use) Regulations 2021; (g) Quarantine (Control of Sale and Use of COVID-19 Home Self-Testing Kit) Regulations 2021. (2) The regulations revoked under paragraph (1) shall not affect the previous operation of the revoked regulations or any process or anything duly done under the revoked regulations. 26. Commencement (1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), these regulations shall come into operation on 1 October 2021. (2) The Fifth Schedule insofar as it relates to items 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21 and 22 shall come into operation on 15 October 2021. (3) The Eighth Schedule insofar as it relates to items 5, 6 and 7 of Part I shall come into operation on 15 October 2021. Made by the Minister on 30 September 2021.