Covid: Why has Seychelles seen rising case numbers?

 


Seychelles has vaccinated more people per head against Covid-19 than any other country but has experienced a spike in cases.

More than 60% of the population has now been fully vaccinated in the chain of islands off the east coast of Africa,

But an increase in infections has led to new restrictions on its population of around 100,000 people.

What's happened to infections?

Seychelles is a small country, so the overall numbers of daily infections have not been high - but as a proportion of the population, the rise has caused serious concern.

During April, the average number of new infections remained stable, at around 50 a day.

By mid-May, this seven-day rolling average had risen to 400 new cases daily.

Since then the figure has fallen but remains well above the average level for April.

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