Illustration of caregivers here at Ambroise Paré hospital, in Boulogne-Billancourt, March 8, 2021. -

AFP

After the English variant, the South African variant and the Brazilian variant, place for the Breton variant?

Not quite.

In Lannion, in the Côtes d'Armor, a cluster was discovered within the hospital center.

According to the Brittany Regional Health Agency, 71 positive cases were recorded, including 27 concerning staff of the establishment.

The samples taken revealed that the virus that infected these patients was a mutation of Covid-19.

But not enough to make it a "Breton variant", according to health authorities.

This assertion of the ARS is based on a simple observation: "there is no element in favor of a stronger transmissibility or severity".

According to the joint risk analysis of the National Reference Center for Respiratory Infections Virus and Public Health France “this variant is therefore not considered as a variant of interest within the meaning of the WHO, unlike the variants initially detected in the WHO. United Kingdom, Brazil and South Africa ”.

Examined very closely, the incidence rate on the Lannion Trégor urban community has not increased and even continues to decrease, as has the positivity rate.

In a region relatively untouched by the virus, the Côtes d'Armor have incidence rates twice lower than the national average (120 cases per 100,000 inhabitants).

"Viruses constantly evolve by mutations in their genome, which is why the appearance of variants of SARS-CoV-2 is not an unexpected phenomenon", specifies the ARS.

Organized collective screening

In an attempt to curb the spread of the virus, admissions to the affected departments have been suspended and patients redirected to other establishments.

The positive cases were isolated and collective screenings were organized.

A crisis unit has also been activated.

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