President Danny Faure chaired a meeting with the Law Enforcement Committee and key command chain stakeholders at State House this morning.
The meetings are held every two days with the objective of providing a holistic overview of the situation in the country given the Public Health emergency and restriction of movement. This includes additional measures introduced on Friday 17 April prohibiting the movement of people from 7pm in the evening until 6am in the morning for a period of 2 weeks.
Members present provided updates from the areas under their respective purview, and discussed the measures in place to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the country and break the chain of transmission. Strategies to encourage physical distancing at essential service providers such as supermarkets and banks were also discussed.
Speaking to the press after the meeting, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mr Romano Songor, said minimising the spread of coronavirus in Seychelles is a collective task. He thanked the general public for their cooperation in adhering to the Public Health Order on restriction of movement, and urged those who are leaving their homes to ensure that they do so only to access essential services and that they are physically distancing.
Present for the meeting at State House this morning was the Chief of Defence Forces, Colonel Clifford Roseline, Commissioner of Police, Mr Kishnan Labonte, Attorney General, Mr Frank Ally, Secretary of State for Health, Ambassador Marie-Pierre Lloyd, Chief of Staff of SPDF, Colonel Michael Rosette, the Principal Secretary for Health, Dr Bernard Valentin, the Principal Secretary for Risk and Disaster Management, Mr Paul Labaleine, CEO of the Healthcare Agency, Dr Danny Louange, the Public Health Commissioner, Dr Jude Gedeon, Senior Policy Adviser Department of Health, Dr Conrad Shamlaye, Special Advisor for Health, Dr Loren Reginal, Assistant Commissioners of Police, Mr Ted Barbe and Mr Romano Songor, and Director General of the Seychelles Intelligence Service, Mr Benediste Hoareau.