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  2. COVID-19 pandemic in Mauritius - Wikipedia

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    besafemoris .mu. The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Mauritius in March 2020. Since the first three cases of COVID-19 were confirmed, the Mauritian authorities have been conducting 'Contact tracing': people who have been in contact with infected patients have been placed under quarantine, including doctors, nurses and police ...

  3. SARS-CoV-2 Mu variant - Wikipedia

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    The Mu variant, also known as lineage B.1.621 or VUI-21JUL-1, is one of the variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. It was first detected in Colombia in January 2021 and was designated by the WHO as a variant of interest on August 30, 2021. [1] The WHO said the variant has mutations that indicate a risk of resistance to the ...

  4. What We Know About the Mu Variant and if It Will Spread Widely

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    The World Health Organization has designated Mu variant COVID-19 a variant of interest, meaning specific genetic markers have developed that could make it more infectious or able to evade vaccine ...

  5. COVID Variants and Strains - WebMD

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    The highly transmissible COVID-19 delta variant, also known as B1617.2, was found in India in October 2020. ... Mu (B.1.621). Experts first spotted this COVID-19 variant (pronounced "myoo") in ...

  6. National responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa

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    The COVID-19 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill aims at empowering the economy, save enterprises and jobs, and build for a recovery overtime. The objectives of the Quarantine Bill are to prevent the resurgence of COVID-19 infection, and step up the preparedness and response of the country to any future pandemic.

  7. How Coronavirus Is Transmitted: Here Are All the Ways It Can ...

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    This is the most common transmission. When an infected person coughs, sneezes, or talks, droplets or tiny particles called aerosols carry the virus into the air from their nose or mouth. Anyone ...

  8. Loss of smell or taste. Nausea. Diarrhea. The virus can lead to pneumonia, respiratory failure, heart problems, liver problems, septic shock, and death. Many COVID-19 complications may be caused ...

  9. COVID-19 pandemic death rates by country - Wikipedia

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    For the Netherlands, based on overall excess mortality, an estimated 20,000 people died from COVID-19 in 2020, [9] while only the death of 11,525 identified COVID-19 cases was registered. [8] The official count of COVID-19 deaths as of December 2021 is slightly more than 5.4 million, according to World Health Organization's report in May 2022.