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France detects first case of new covid-19 variant



PARIS: France has confirmed the first case in the country of the more contagious coronavirus variant recently identified in the UK, BBC reported.

The French health ministry said the person was a French citizen in the central town of Tours who had arrived from London on 19 December.

The ministry said he was asymptomatic, and currently self-isolating at home.

The appearance of the new coronavirus variant in England triggered travel curbs with dozens of countries.

(With inputs from Agencies)

Publish Date : 26 December 2020 11:23 AM

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