Covid-19 in France: isolation of patients increased from 7 to 10 days
A man is tested for Covid-19 at a screening center in Bagneux in the Paris region on January 11, 2021 (illustrative image).
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From this Monday, the duration of the isolation period for anyone who tests positive for Covid-19 will be reduced from 7 to 10 days.
An extension announced Thursday, February 19 by the Minister of Health Olivier Véran during the weekly update on the health situation of the country.
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Isolating the sick for 10 days instead of 7, this decision shows the willingness of the authorities to strengthen preventive measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
In a context where we are facing a multiplication of variants of Covid-19, which are more contagious, it is more than ever necessary to respect
the application of the “Test, Alert, Isolate” strategy
.
Until now, in France, people diagnosed positive had to immediately observe a quarantine of 7 days to avoid infecting others.
But, in recent days, a study carried out in the United States, which has not yet been validated by the scientific community, evokes the possibility that the variants may induce a duration of contagiousness longer than that of the classic virus.
Even if this possibility is not confirmed, the government is playing the card of caution by setting now at 10 days instead of 7, the duration of isolation of people who test positive for Covid-19.
The objective of this extension, which begins on Monday, February 22, is therefore above all to curb the spread of variants, in particular
the English variant,
which already represent more than 35% of positive tests.
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