The Indian Ocean Island countries of Madagascar, Seychelles and Mauritius have expressed its confidence on the measures taken by Madagascar to overcome the current plague outbreak in the country.
According to AFP, the Minister of Tourism of Madagascar, Roland Ratsiraka, the Minister of Tourism of Mauritius, Anil Kumarsingh Gayan, SC and the Minister for Tourism, Civil Aviation, Ports and Marine of the Seychelles, Maurice Loustau-Lalanne met at the sidelines of the World Travel Market in London.
The meeting was convened and chaired by UNWTO Secretary-General, Taleb Rifai, in the presence of the Permanent Secretary of Kenya Fatuma HirsiI Mohamed, representing the chair of the UNWTO Commission for Africa, Minister Najib Balala.
The ministers jointly agreed that all countries are taking the measures recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), and expressed their confidence that these are going on the right direction.
Rifai also again reiterated that WHO does not recommend any travel bans on Madagascar and that “based on the available information to date, the risk of international spread of plague appears very low”.