A case of British variant detected in the Hautes-Alpes

A village in the Ecrins massif, in the Hautes-Alpes.

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Philippe Desmazes

In a press release, the Regional Health Agency (ARS) of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region announces that a case of coronavirus linked to the so-called British variant of the virus has been detected in the Hautes-Alpes.

“The person positive for this variant is part of a French family who came to stay in France during the end of year holidays, writes the ARS.

These people and his contact cases were placed in isolation.

"In Marseille, an" extended family cluster "according to the terms of the ARS has already caused the contamination of at least eight people with the British variant.

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