October 16, 2020
A MAN scoops leaked oil from the vessel MV Wakashio, belonging to a Japanese company that ran aground near Blue Bay Marine Park off the coast of south-east Mauritius on August 2, 2020. “As soon as you go south of Mauritius, you start smelling the oil. Within a short time you have a headache and, if you are near the coast, you quickly become ill…”
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