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Africa-Press – Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>Two first cases of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 have been detected in Mauritius in a person returning from South Africa and in another whose spouse had stayed in that country, the Minister of Health announced.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoth Omicron variant positive patients were asymptomatic during medical follow-up.<\/p>\n

They remained under surveillance and the tests conducted on Thursday were negative. They have already returned home,\u201d Health Minister Dr. Kailesh Jagutpal said at a press conference.<\/p>\n

Tracing operations in the surroundings of these two people were conducted, revealing 12 positive cases with a missing S gene, a telltale sign of the Omicron variant, he said.<\/p>\n

Sequencing of these 12 samples is underway to confirm possible contamination with the new variant. One of the first two cases of Omicron was detected in a man who traveled on November 27 on a flight from South Africa, where the variant was first reported on November 25.<\/p>\n

The second case was detected in a woman living in the commune of Tamarin (south-west of the island), after a PCR test performed in a clinic. Her husband had returned from South Africa on 18 November.<\/p>\n

According to WHO figures, a total of 62,652 cases of Covid-19 have been reported in Mauritius, with 680 deaths. A total of 901,187 people have received two doses of vaccine, or 73.5% of the island\u2019s population, according to government figures.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Mauritius<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mauritius. Two first cases of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 have been detected in Mauritius in a person returning from South Africa and in another whose spouse had stayed in that country, the Minister of Health announced. \u201cBoth Omicron variant positive patients were asymptomatic during medical follow-up. 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