毛里求斯周二关闭学校，该国主要商业游说团体呼吁公司允许员工在家工作，此前该印度洋岛国夜间发生骚乱。
Mauritius shuttered schools and the country’s main business lobby group urged companies to allow staff to work from home on Tuesday after overnight unrest in the Indian Ocean island nation.
教育与人力资源部周一晚间在一份声明中表示，由于“安全形势”，所有公立和私立学校以及技术培训机构将于周二关闭。
All public and private schools and technical-training institutions will be closed on Tuesday because of the “security situation,” the Education and Human Resource Ministry said in a statement late on Monday.
毛里求斯商会作为该国主要行业组织，建议其成员允许员工远程办公或采用灵活工作时间。
Business Mauritius, the main industry body, recommended that its members allow employees to work remotely or adopt flexible working hours.
上周，毛里求斯因持续的水短缺和供应中断以及高昂的生活成本爆发抗议活动，该国是食品和燃料的净进口国。示威活动在10月9日警方击中并伤害一名27岁女性后加剧。
Protests erupted last week over persistent water shortages and supply cuts, along with the high cost of living in Mauritius, a net importer of food and fuel. The demonstrations intensified after the police shot and injured a 27-year-old woman on Oct. 9.
周一夜间，抗议者在首都路易港以南的罗斯希尔镇纵火烧毁了一座警察局，示威者在全国多个地点燃烧轮胎并封锁道路。
On Monday night, protesters set fire to a police station in Rose Hill, a town south of the capital, Port Louis, as demonstrators burned tires and blocked roads at various points across the country.
毛里求斯警察局周二早上在一份声明中表示：“局势已得到控制。”“所有道路均可通行。”银行和毛里求斯证券交易所正常运行。
“The situation is under control,” the Mauritius Police Force said in a statement on Tuesday morning. “All roads are passable.”Banks and the Stock Exchange of Mauritius are operating normally.