Illustration of a healthcare facility facing the coronavirus epidemic.

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False alarm.

The coronavirus cluster detected in the Chantepie geriatric center, near Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine), is ultimately not a carrier of the new variant of Covid-19 from the United Kingdom.

The alert had however been given on Thursday, January 7 by the General Directorate of Health before being denied the next day by the national research center of the Institut Pasteur.

This Tuesday, the institute sent its final conclusions to the Breton Regional Health Agency.

"The additional results expected within the framework of the health survey on the cases identified at the Rennes geriatric center of Chantepie confirm that the variant involved in the contaminations is not the VOC 202012/01 variant circulating in the United Kingdom", specifies the 'ARS in a statement.

Seven residents and members of staff were infected with a variant of Covid-19 but the latter "is already known by infectious disease specialists and is not the subject of a particular alert having appeared sporadically for several months in a few territories" .

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