A first contamination to the new variant of the virus that appeared in the United Kingdom appeared in France, the French Ministry of Solidarity and Health announced on Friday 25 December.
He is a man who had arrived from London on December 19 before being taken care of at the CHU de Tours and tested positive on December 21.
“The result of the test having evoked the circulating variant in the United Kingdom, a sequencing was requested from the National Reference Center of the Viruses of the respiratory infections, which today confirmed the infection of the 202012/01 voc variant,” the ministry said in a press release.
So far, no contamination to the new variant of the coronavirus has been recorded in Tunisia. In a press release made public? Thursday, December 24, 2020, the Ministry of Health announced new measures specific to travelers from countries where the new strain of the coronavirus was discovered.
These individuals must imperatively provide a 72 -hour negative RT PCR test preceding the flight. At the point of arrival, they will be subject to a quick test, if they are positive, these individuals will be admitted to specialized centers, and otherwise they will be subject to compulsory containment in a hotel at their expense for two weeks.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has spoken out on the new strain of the Coronavirus recently discovered in Britain. For WHO even if it is a faster and more effective variant of the virus, “it did not represent a situation out of control”.
The British government announced on Saturday, December 19, the reconfirms of London, southeast of England and part of the East on Saturday, December 19, forcing more than 16 million inhabitants to stay at home and give up the end of years celebrations. Tunisia had suspended its flights with Great Britain until further notice.
Strongly more contagious
According to an online study, Thursday, December 24, 2020, the new strain of the coronavirus detected in the United Kingdom would be much more contagious. The new variant of the coronavirus would be “50% to 74%” more contagious.
The transferred strain of coronavirus which has spread through the United Kingdom will likely lead to higher levels of hospitalizations and deaths next year, reveals the study published by London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
The spokesperson for the Ministry of Health Nissaf Ben Alaya had said in this context that 40 strains of this virus were discovered in Tunisia, but are not all different from the initial strain. “These are normal strains similar to the initial strain, but the virus has experienced multiple variations in Tunisia,” she reassured.
Still according to Ben Alaya, the new strain discovered in Great Britain was not detected in Tunisia, it presents, according to her, a high speed of propagation.
