Omicron confirmed in mainland France.
The Île-de-France Regional Health Agency (ARS) announced this Thursday that it had been informed of the existence of the dreaded Omicron variant of Covid-19 after the screening of an inhabitant of Seine-et-Marne.
His entourage was placed in solitary confinement.
While the ARS continues its health investigation, Le Parisien takes stock of what we know about this contamination with the new variant.
Who is the variant positive person?
It is about a man "residing in Seine-et-Marne" aged "between 50 and 60 years".
He tested positive when he got off the plane a week before the announcement on Thursday, November 25.
He was getting off a flight from Nigeria where he had stayed.
The man, who "did not show symptoms at the time of the test" according to the details of the ARS, is not vaccinated.
Sequencing of her November 25 sample revealed her variant positivity.
Are there other suspected cases?
The wife of this man who tested positive, "who accompanied him on this trip" to Nigeria, is also positive.
“Sequencing is underway to verify if it is the Omicron variant,” says ARS.
Like him, she was not vaccinated.
Finally, "a third person living under the same roof" was tested this Thursday, December 2 "to determine if she was contaminated and, if necessary, if she is a carrier of the variant".
Like the confirmed case and the first suspected case, this person is not vaccinated against Covid-19.
What measures imposed on the three people?
These three people "have remained in isolation at their home since their arrival on the territory given the positive result for Covid", assures the ARS.
How is Omicron progressing in France?
So far, two positive cases for the Omicron variant have been confirmed in France.
The first was detected in Reunion on Tuesday.
It concerns a 53-year-old man who had traveled to Mozambique and had made a stopover in South Africa to return to the island.
The Ile-de-France case announced this Thursday is the first in mainland France.
The sequencing carried out on his two contact cases should provide more information on a possible propagation.