Soft drinks, chicken and legumes will be more expensive
The increase in prices seems to be never ending. Indeed, soft drinks and various staple foods are going to cost more in the coming days. Soft drinks will be more expensive from Tuesday 12 July. The 2L bottle of Coca-Cola, Fanta and Sprite will go from Rs 70 to Rs 75, the 1.5L bottle will now cost Rs 63. The 1L bottle will rise by Rs 1 and will cost Rs 45, the 500 ml bottle will go up to Rs 35. The bottles of Eski, Orangina and Fuze Tea will rise by Rs 1 to Rs 3.50.
If you're going to the supermarket this Friday, do expect to pay more for other food products. For example, you will have to pay Rs 350 for 1 kg of Buffalo Topside Slice. A whole chicken (1.3 kg) now costs Rs 310.
From Sunday 10th of July, the price of canned vegetables, legumes and sauces will also increase. Canned lentils (410 g) will be sold at Rs 52.75; tomato puree (185 g) will reach Rs 32; rougaille cans will cost Rs 65.70; pasta and pizza sauce (425 g) will rise to Rs 89. To name a few.
COVID-19: a sub-variant of Omicron detected in Mauritius, cases increase
The new coronavirus is still lurking. A new sub-variant of Omicron has been detected in Mauritius. It is called BE and was detected following a sequencing exercise of 205 positive cases in the island between the 19th and the 25th of June. Three cases of the new sub-variant were detected. It would seem that this sub-variant is circulating in the community.
Furthermore, positive cases have been increasing since the beginning of July. According to the Ministry of Health, authorities have recorded 226 new positive cases of COVID-19, compared to 136 for the period between June 17 and 24.
