France confirms first case of South African COVID-19 strain

This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the country's Ministry of Health.

It is noted that the man recently returned from South Africa, he lives in the Haute Rhine department.

It is clarified that the sick person is self-isolating, now he is feeling well.

Earlier it became known that a new strain of coronavirus infection COVID-19, imported to the UK from South Africa, was first identified in the republic in early October.