Two residents of Mauritius who were recently repatriated from India have tested positive for Covid-19, the country's first cases in nearly a month, the government announced late on Sunday.
But on 13 May, after going more than two weeks without a new case, officials declared wary victory over the virus, with Health Minister Kailesh Jagutpal saying the country had "won the battle" but had "not yet won the war".
The two new cases are part of a group of 149 Mauritians repatriated from New Delhi and Mumbai on May 9 and placed in quarantine on their return, said Dr Zouberr Joomaye, spokesperson for a government committee formed to combat Covid-19.
Mauritius has now tallied 334 Covid-19 cases, with 10 deaths and 322 recoveries.
After its early steep rise in cases in March, officials imposed one of the strictest lockdowns in Africa, going so far as to close all supermarkets for 10 days.
