Offbeat South African variant of the coronavirus: screening operation on Saturday in several cities of Île-de-France
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Early data show the mutation-laden variant is still rare, but becoming more common The cases so far have been mostly isolated: One in New York, one in Florida, one in Georgia and two in Colorado. The exception has been California, and specifically San Diego County, where a robust surveillance operation has so far found 32 cases of the variant. National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins told The Washington Post Wednesday: “I would be surprised if that doesn’t grow pretty rapidly.
Early data show the mutation-laden variant is still rare, but becoming more common The cases so far have been mostly isolated: One in New York, one in Florida, one in Georgia and two in Colorado. The exception has been California, and specifically San Diego County, where a robust surveillance operation has so far found 32 cases of the variant. National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins told The Washington Post Wednesday: “I would be surprised if that doesn’t grow pretty rapidly. Coronavirus – latest updates. The South African variant of Covid-19, two cases of which have now been detected in the UK, is likely to be more transmissible, may hit young people harder, and may be slightly more resistant to vaccines, scientists in South Africa believe.
South Africa on Friday reported its first COVID-19 deaths, just as the country joined other African nations in imposing strict curfews and shutdowns to halt the spread of the deadly The east African country will begin a night-time curfew on Friday to try to curtail the spread of the coronavirus .
An inhabitant of Val-de-Marne, returning from a trip to Mozambique, is a carrier of the South African variant of SARS- CoV-2. Test centers will open in the department but also in Hauts-de-Seine and Essonne.
© Provided by Franceinfo The regional health agency of Île -de-France is launching a screening operation for the coronavirus with the opening of several centers on Saturday January 15 in Colombes (Hauts-de-Seine), Maison Alfort and Bonneuil-sur-Marne (Val-de-Marne) and Fleury-Mérogis (Essonne), after the discovery of a case of the South African variant of the virus in Val-de-Marne, reports France Bleu Paris . This screening operation began Friday in five schools in several departments in the region.
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A traveler returning from Mozambique carrying thevariant These schools are likely to have attended by children potentially contact cases of an inhabitant of Val-de-Marne returning from a trip to Mozambique and carrying the South African variant of SARS -CoV-2 . This person is currently hospitalized.
Several of the contact cases were diagnosed positive for Covid-19, including children. But at this stage, "sequencing is underway to clarify whether this is the South African variant," indicates ARS Île-de-France. "Protective measures, including isolation, have been respected by all risky contact cases, which continue to be monitored by Health Insurance and the ARS," said the ARS.
In France, four cases, including that of Val-de-Marne, were diagnosed positive for the South African variant of the coronavirus.
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