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Aurelian Rousseau assures that only one case of this new variant of the Omicron family has been found in France and only 24 have been found in the world, nicknamed “Pyrola” in social networks.
“Today, WHO considers monitoring to be necessary” But still “It does not call for any specific health response.”Health Minister Aurelian Rousseau told Franceinfo on Friday September 1 about the new variant of Covid-19, PA.2.86, which was first detected in France.
“This variant has been detected 25 times worldwide, including once in France, which means our surveillance and detection system is still in place and vigilant to protect us.”The minister underlined.
The variant case was found in the Grand Est, Public Health France said Thursday. This member of the omicron family is particularly scrutinized “Large number of mutations”I am doing “More significantly evolved and easily spread”Brigitte Autran, President of the Committee for Monitoring and Anticipating Health Risks (Covars), explained last week.
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