France reports the first case of a new variant of Covid-19 found in the UK last week:
France: On Friday, France reported the first case of a new variant of Covid-19 identified in the UK. However, the person is a citizen of France in the town of Tours. While the person arrived from London on December 19th, 2020. On the other side, the person who arrived in London has no symptoms and currently self-isolating at home.
Meanwhile, many countries like Italy, India, and other European countries imposed a travel ban, after the new strain of coronavirus found in England.
The France government closed its border, but withdraw its ban on Wednesday. If they have a negative test report before traveling. In the Kent border, thousands of lorry drivers celebrated Christmas and waiting to cross the border.
On Friday, some of the countries reported cases of the new variant. Japan reported almost five new cases, who traveled from the UK. While Denmark, Australia, and the Netherlands already reported cases earlier this week.
On the other side, France government lifted its national-wide lockdown last week. But, the government said the infection rate had not fallen to ease all restrictions. Therefore theatres, cinemas, bars, and restaurants will shut until further orders from the government. While the government also decided to impose a curfew on New Year’s Evening from 20:00 to 06:00 respectively.
Besides, the total number of coronavirus cases in France stood at 2.50 million and the death toll reached 62,000.Â
The new variant of Covid-19:
The new variant of Covid-19 was first found in England. Whereas the new virus is 70% more effective and faster. The positive cases are increasing daily in the east of England and the South East, said the Office for National Statistics (ONS).Â
Three things grabbing the attention of the new variant found in the UK:
- The new variant is another version of the Covid-19.
- It has mutations that affect the part of the virus likely to be important.
- Some of those mutations infect cells.
However, all these things help that the virus can spread more easily, said James Gallagher, Health and Science correspondent.
While the health experts also said, there is no evidence that the new strain is more dangerous. Besides, the vaccines developed by the company recent should still work.
