Covid: Why has Seychelles seen rising case numbers?

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The 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