Tackling the COVID-19 pandemic in paradise: the Mauritian experience

Abstract

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Hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and cerebrovascular disease predispose to a more severe outcome of COVID-19

“…Over the next few days, the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) started to investigate the possible causes of these new and strange presentations. A new virus was finally identified and found to belong to the family of coronavirus (CoV) which also included severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV), discovered in 2002, and the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) which appeared in 2012 [ 1 – 3 ].…”

Key success factors of Mauritius in the fight against COVID-19

“…Other authors have also BMJ Global Health pinpointed the rapid response by the Mauritian Government, and appropriate and strong support and compliance from the public as key factors towards the control of the pandemic. 5 A retrospective study using inferential statistical methods identified a number of factors that have contributed significantly in controlling the propagation of the novel coronavirus in Mauritius; in particular, the sanitary curfew/lockdown, sanitisation and sensitisation campaigns, and safe shopping guidelines have helped to curb down, by a large extent, the number of COVID-19 cases. Hence, such preventive and proactive measures, with the main focus on sanitisation measures at grocery stores and in busy public places, should be maintained even after lifting lockdown orders.…”

“…With the escalation of cases, a curfew was imposed on 20 March, and eventually a complete lockdown was implemented on 24 March. 5 According to the national surveillance system, the outbreak quickly evolved from sporadic cases to clusters and then to local transmission and was contained on 26 April 2020, after 39 days, with no locally transmitted cases until November 2020. Then, two new community cases were reported, and since 26 November, only imported cases have been reported in the island.…”

A comprehensive review and update on severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): what do we know now in 2021?

“…SARS-CoV-2 originates from the coronavirus family and is an enveloped, single-stranded RNA virus. Two other members of that family of virus include severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) [ 1 , 7 ]. SARS appeared between 2001 and 2003, causing the deaths of 774 people.…”

“…They have shut down their international borders, and all passengers are required to undergo quarantine as well as multiple tests to rule out any trace of COVID-19. They also issued strict lock-downs, and it was illegal to spread any misinformation on social media regarding the pandemic [ 7 ].…”