A first case of contamination with the variant Covid virus – 13 identified in South Africa was detected in France (Illustration) – UGO AMEZ / SIPA
A first case of variant contamination of the Covid virus – 19 identified in South Africa was detected in France, the Ministry of Health announced on Thursday a few days later the first ca s confirmed of the British variant .
This variant, which like that of the Kingdom United could be more transmissible, was confirmed on Wednesday in a man returning from South Africa residing in the Haut-Rhin , near the Swiss border.
The health authorities “mobilized” to identify each infected patient
For the two variants – British and South African – which could be more transmissible but not intrinsically more dangerous, the health authorities “are mobilized to identify as early as possible each infected patient to isolate them, isolate the their contacts and test them, and thus avoid the spread of SARS-CoV-2 variants on the national territory ”, assured the ministry.
For each person returning from the UK or South Africa who would test positive to the Covid – 13 , the samples must be sequenced to confirm the presence or not of a variant of the virus.