England: English Variation in 10% of French COVID-19 cases

PARIS: The variant of COVID-19 first discovered in England, which is said to have a greater rate of transmission, has actually been located in 10 per cent of the COVID-19 cases in France, federal government spokesperson Gabriel Attal said.

Attal reiterated in an interview with France Inter radio on Thursday(Jan 28)that the alternative of a stricter lockdown stayed open to President Emmanuel Macron’s government, however he did not give more particular information.  

France reported almost 27,000 new validated COVID-19 instances on Wednesday, its most significant one-day jump since mid-November when France remained in its 2nd complete lockdown, suggesting present time limit steps are not having the virus.