While a new variant of Covid-19 in the United Kingdom causes concern around the world, the French Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, indicated that to his knowledge, this variant has not yet been detected in France.
“Over the last 500 sequencing, the experts told me that they had not found this variant.
Now, we will continue to search, we will look even harder elsewhere, to identify whether this virus is really circulating, if this variant is circulating, ”explained the Minister, while he was traveling to Chanteloup-en-Brie.
According to estimates from the United Kingdom sent to the World Health Organization, the transmission of this new variant is 40% to 70% higher. According to the person in charge of health emergencies at the WHO, this variant "is not out of control", calling for the application of health measures that have been proven.