U.S., March 15 -- Seychelles is living and breathing tourism. Three Coronavirus cases are currently reported in the Island nation. This is still a very low number, but the Seychelles Government is reassessing its list of countries that are deemed closed for visitors.

Alain St. Ange, former minister of tourism of Seychelles, president of the African Tourism Board and a candidate for president for the One Seychelles political party issued this statement:

Following the confirmed cases of COVID-19 on our shores, Seychelles cannot afford to have misplaced priorities. Given the virus's rapid contagion, and in light of our country's limited capacity, the overarching priority of our Government should be to prevent its people from contracting th...