133 cases of the Omicron variant have been detected in France, the government spokesperson said on Tuesday, as the country faces the fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“There is a very strong concern all over the world about the new Omicron variant, which seems to be more contagious than the Delta variant”, Gabriel Attal said in a statement to Franceinfo, referring to “More than 10,000 PCR tests are carried out in France per week.”
“We had a policy in France which consisted in delaying the arrival of this variant as much as possible until the vaccination campaign took off,” Gabriel Attal added.
As of yesterday, the French Scientific Council warned about the risk of the rapid spread of the Omicron variant across the country.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said South Africa’s new variant is a highly contagious virus of concern.
Currently, France is facing the fifth wave of the virus, with increasing COVID-19 infections in France, as 48,879 new cases are reported on average each day, representing 93% of the peak, according to Reuters’ latest COVID Tracker on Tuesday.
add your comment
Terms of publication : Not to offend the writer, people, sacred things, or attack religions or the divine self, and refrain from racist incitement and insults.