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VIDEO. Brazilian variant: Castex announces suspension of all flights between Brazil and France

2021-04-13T14:38:40.187Z


Paris has decided to suspend "until further notice" all flights between Brazil and France due to concerns about the variant.


"We note that the situation is worsening and we have therefore decided to suspend all flights between Brazil and France until further notice", explained the head of government during the questioning session to the government in the Assembly. national.

The health situation has continued to worsen in Brazil since February due to the emergence of a local variant of the virus, called P1, considered to be more contagious and more deadly, but still very much in the minority in France.

On Monday, the Minister Delegate for Transport Jean-Baptiste Djebbari had explained that France had "kept a few lines" with Brazil, justifying the maintenance of air links by respect for the law, the Council of State having arranged that French nationals "In the name of freedom of movement, should be able to continue to come".

Faced with criticism from the opposition, the Prime Minister also defended himself from any inaction, recalling that travelers from Brazil had until then to produce a negative PCR test and isolate themselves for ten days.

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The Brazilian variant is of concern to doctors and scientists, especially because of its greater resistance to existing vaccines against Covid-19.

Specialists speak of "immune escape": "Clearly, while we know that vaccination works very of course the English mutant, we see a loss of protection with the Brazilian and South African variants", explains in Le Parisien virologist Bruno Lina, member of the scientific council.

Many opposition officials, especially on the right, on Tuesday called for the suspension of flights with Brazil or a stricter quarantine.

"The closing of the borders is useful and absolutely necessary and I do not see how, when we confine the French, we can maintain this air link," said on RFI radio the president of the group Les Républicains (right-wing opposition) to the National Assembly, Damien Abad.

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The number 2 of the National Gathering Jordan Bardella estimated that "the government lets in 1000 passengers per week from Brazil, where the epidemic is out of control with a resistant variant".

“After all that our country has suffered, and while we continue to lock up the French, how is this madness still possible?

He asked himself.

Source: leparis

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