While the coronavirus continues to spread throughout Europe, health authorities have counted 240 cases of the Omicron variant in France, government spokesman Gabriel Attal announced this Thursday on BFMTV, estimating that "there are some probably more ”in France.
“In France, there are 240 detected cases of the Omicron variant.
What we do know is that there is probably more.
(…) ", Added the Secretary of State, warning against its contagiousness:" It is a variant which will be brought to develop in Europe and everywhere in the world.
It is at least twice as contagious as Delta which was itself much more contagious than the initial strain, ”added the Secretary of State.
"Slow down as much as possible the arrival of Omicron variant cases"
Faced with this very contagious variant, France announced Thursday to re-establish from Saturday the obligation to justify "compelling reasons" for travelers from and to the United Kingdom, with the approach of the end of year celebrations. 'year. The validity of tests on departure from the United Kingdom is reduced from 48 to 24 hours and an isolation system on arrival in France is also in place, the French government said, while calling on all travelers to "postpone their trip " UK.
The objective of these restrictions is "to slow down as much as possible the arrival of cases of the Omicron variant on our soil, the time that we vaccinate with booster doses", explained the government spokesman Gabriel Attal on BFMTV and RMC.
A health defense council is to be held on Friday afternoon, at a time when new measures to combat the spread of Covid-19 are on the table.
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Coronavirus: France risks rapid growth of the Omicron variant
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