Will the fifth wave be Breton?
According to the daily
Le Télégramme
, a new variant of Covid-19 has been detected in the town of Bannalec in Finistère.
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Eighteen children and six adults were infected, the first contaminations date back to October 15 in the Mona Ozouf school in the small town.
Two classes are first closed out of the twelve in the school, then two others, then three.
Health authorities have been slow to identify this new variant, which is very different from the previous one observed.
"
This delay was a mistake,
" regrets an influential health actor, quoted by
Le Télégramme
.
But according to ARS Bretagne, the situation is currently under control.