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By Park Si-soo
A newly wedded South Korean couple has been quarantined in Mauritius, an island nation in the Indian Ocean, over possible spread of coronavirus.
According to Gangwon Ilbo daily, the couple ― who left for Mauritius after their wedding ceremony in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, on Feb. 22 ― was taken to a quarantine facility after a health checkup at Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport.
While the husband claims they don't have typical symptoms of coronavirus infection, health authorities there reportedly say they have.
"We passed through the immigration checkpoint without any problem. But health officials sorted us out and put us in quarantine at a hospital in southern Mauritius," the daily quoted the husband as saying. His wife is 10 weeks pregnant.
The man told the newspaper the hospital is "devoid of an air-conditioning system, supply of daily necessities such as towels and is insect-infested."
South Korea's foreign ministry is working with its Mauritius counterpart to confirm the couple's health and provide them with better treatment.
