[Société] Mauritius: three local cases of Covid-19 in a company rekindle fears

In Mauritius, the health situation has been relatively stable for several months. However, on Friday three indigenous cases of Covid-19 were recorded. And the situation calls out to the authorities, the three positive people are all employees of the fruit and vegetable import and distribution company Surat SKC. The problem: “patient zero” does not know how he was contaminated by the virus, the authorities will therefore try to trace the chain of transmission to prevent the spread of the virus. A blow for the company, the 262 employees were placed in quarantine as a precautionary measure and the premises of the company closed.

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The three positive cases are men aged 44, 47 and 24, tell our colleagues from lexpress.mu. None of them would have traveled or been in contact with a sick person, or someone coming out of quarantine. A mystery that the authorities will have to clear up as quickly as possible to avoid the spread of the virus within the population because until now, Mauritius was holding up rather well, the indigenous positive cases remained on the margins. The Ministry of Health is advancing a track ” probable occupational contamination ».

The discovery of positive cases among the personnel has important consequences for the company Surat SKC. As a precaution, 262 employees have been quarantined in hotels and treatment centers across the country. Since yesterday, a screening campaign has been underway. The time of these investigations, the company is closed. With the health crisis, Surat SKC has lost 35% of its turnover since last year.

To date, 652 confirmed cases have been recorded in Mauritius.

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