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Quarantine (COVID-19 Restrictions) Regulations 2022 GN No. 155 of 2022 Government Gazette of Mauritius No. 94 of 30 June 2022 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 Quarantine (COVID-19 Restrictions) Regulations 2022. 2. Interpretation In these regulations – “Act” means the Quarantine Act 2020; “booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine” means, in the case of a person who has been vaccinated with – (a) one dose of Johnson & Johnson vaccine, an additional dose of any other COVID- 19 vaccine to that of the one dose of Johnson & Johnson vaccine; or (b) 2 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, other than the 2 doses of COVID-19 vaccine referred to in paragraph (a), an additional dose of any other COVID-19 vaccine to that of the 2 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine;

PART VI – SELF-TESTING KIT 9. Interpretation of Part VI 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. 10. 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 Cruise Terminal. (2) Every sale of a Self-Testing Kit shall be recorded in a register. (3) Any register kept under this Part shall, on demand, be produced to the Ministry. PART VII – MISCELLANEOUS 11. Guidelines The Ministry may, for the purposes of these regulations, issue such guidelines as it may deem appropriate. 12. Offences Any person who contravenes these regulations shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 500,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years. 13. Revocation (1) The Consolidated COVID-19 Regulations 2021 are revoked. (2) The revocation of the Consolidated COVID-19 Regulations 2021 shall not affect its previous operation or any process or anything duly done under them.

14. Commencement These regulations shall come into operation on 1 July 2022. Made by the Minister on 30 June 2022. _______________