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New Variant of COVID, Dec 26:<\/strong> France Health Minister said that the first case of a new coronavirus variant that recently emerged in Britain has been detected in the country.<\/p>\n

The new strain of the virus<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0has experts fear is more contagious. It has prompted more than 50 countries to impose travel restrictions on the UK.<\/p>\n

The first French case found in a citizen who used to stay in Britain who arrived from London on December 19 is asymptomatic and self-isolating at home in Tours at central France, the ministry said.<\/p>\n

They were tested in a hospital on December 21, and later found positive for the new coronavirus variant strain<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Health authorities have carried out contact-tracing for the health professionals taking care of the patient, the ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Any of their contacts that were seen as vulnerable would similarly be isolated, it said.<\/p>\n

In addition to this first case, several other positive samples that “may suggest the VOC 202012\/01 variant are being sequenced<\/strong>” by the specialist laboratories of the national Pasteur Institute, the statement added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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