They are not infected with the new coronavirus, but suffered from fever when they arrived in Mauritius. As a precaution, five passengers from China were placed in quarantine by the authorities of the sister island, yesterday Wednesday according to our colleagues from the Mauritius Express.
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According to the Mauritian media, it is about one side of three Chinese, members of the same family, who come from the province of Wuhan, the same where the epidemic started in December. Arrived Tuesday from China, they were put under observation at the isolation center of Souillac hospital according to the Express from Mauritius, which questioned the director of the local health service. He wanted to be reassuring, explaining that it was just a matter of seeing if they developed other symptoms.
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Two other Chinese tourists were quarantined, on a group of twenty people arrived Wednesday evening on an Emirates flight, according to the Express. If the rest of the group was able to reach their hotel, they are followed by a team although they have no symptoms, says Express.
At the airport of Mauritius, passengers departing from China are also taken care of separately from the others, for a meticulous control of their body temperature and their disembarkation form according to our colleagues in Mauritius. A specific protocol has been drawn up by the health authorities at the isolation center at Souillac hospital.
The Mauritian Ministry of Health finally advised Mauritians not to go to Wuhan and those who would still go there “wash their hands regularly and do not touch their mouths”, nor “animals, alive or dead “, do not mix with the crowd.
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