South African Ban Extended to 31 January 2022

I saw this on the news sites last week. It should be checked on government sites

https://www.garda.com/crisis24/news-ale … -update-13

I have a flight booked with Airmauritius from JHB on the 4th, I also heard about the extension of the ban but I have had no communication from Airmauritius and also cannot find anything on the travel websites sites.

Hi.

It is the first article on the " Mauritius Now" website.

Thank you for the responses ! Looks like it is what it is😢

Air Mauritius has notified the trade that Mauritius will not open to South African flights, nor to Southern African travellers on January 1, and advised that the travel ban has been extended to January 31, 2022.

The early January opening had been the fervent hope of agents, tour operators and customers, including those with bookings held over from the aborted 2019/2020 season.

Having initially reopened to South Africans (for the first time since the start of the pandemic) only on October 1 after its initial lockdown, Mauritius was quick to shut the door again by implementing arrival restrictions on its southern African neighbours in response to fears of the COVID variant, Omicron. The island's government then cancelled all inbound flights from South Africa and its neighbouring states from November 28 until December 31.

The restrictions also apply to arrivals from Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Namibia,  Eswatini, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia.

With the news outlets showing around 7000 new cases in South Africa and around 130000 in the UK...... one wonders on what basis the Mauritian government make their decisions on..

It has been lifted.