The Ministry of Health has taken new decisions following the spread of Covid-19 in several regions and departments in France as well as in Germany.
As a result, the following decisions were made on Wednesday afternoon, March 4:
• Anyone leaving, or having transited through France during the past 14 days, will now be automatically placed in quarantine, only if this person has symptoms such as fever, cough or breathing difficulties.
• Anyone leaving, or having transited through Germany during the past 14 days, will now be automatically placed in quarantine, only if this person has symptoms such as fever, cough or breathing difficulties.
• These measures are temporary and will evolve depending on the evolution of the situation resulting from the spread of COVID-19.
• The Ministry of Health and Welfare specifies that to date, no case of COVID-19 has been recorded on Mauritian territory.
In addition, to date, 35 people are under observation at Souillac. 30 people are placed in quarantine and 5 people are in isolation.
As for the Anse-la-Raie youth center, 6 people are in quarantine there against 17 in Pointe-Jérôme.
The Ministry of Health said in its statement that 58 people are currently under observation in Mauritius.
Since the start of the health watch, 204 people have been placed under observation and 146 have been able to return home.
The coronavirus continues to spread around the world: the epidemic has exceeded 3,000 dead for more than 90,000 infections in sixty countries.
In France, more than 250 cases have been confirmed and a total of four people have died.
In Germany, 240 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in 15 of the 16 Länder, according to a report by the Robert Koch Institute, the federal authority for disease control. More than half of the cases are located in North Rhine-Westphalia, where the Minister of Health announced on Wednesday the purchase of a million protective masks for medical personnel
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