At the beginning of May, the English variant represented more than 80% of positive tests in France.
But the Indian, Brazilian or South African variants are now competing with it: the weight of the English variant was 77.9% for the week of May 10, according to Public Health France, while the cumulative share of the South African and Brazilian variants flirted with the 6%.
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With strong regional disparities: the Brazilian variant dominates in Guyana (92%) and the South African in Reunion (90%).
The latter also represented at the end of April 11% of new infections in Île-de-France according to Public Health France.
“In mid-May, there are pockets in particular in Seine-Saint-Denis where the South African and Brazilian variants represent more than 15% of new infections,”
says Laurent Kbaier, biologist at Biogroup.
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These data were obtained on a little more than half of the positive tests (PCR and antigens) carried out at the national level, for which a more specific PCR is carried out according to the method
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