France found 8 suspected cases of infection with "Omicron"

Original title: France found 8 suspected cases of "Omicron"
After announcing the tightening of epidemic control measures, the French Ministry of Health issued a statement on the 28th, confirming that eight possible cases of Omicron variant were found throughout the law.
According to Reuters on November 29, the French Ministry of Health said in a statement on Sunday that eight patients who have been to southern Africa in the past 14 days are considered to be infected with the Omicron variant. The French Ministry of health will conduct further tests for confirmation. At present, eight patients and their contacts have now been isolated.

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The French Ministry of Health said in a statement that if the nucleic acid test results of people who went to southern Africa in the past 14 days are positive and the mutation screening results of other known mutant strains are negative, they will be considered as cases of infection with Omicron mutant strains, but sequencing confirmation is still needed, which may take several days.
At present, France is facing a severe epidemic surge. France is currently in the fifth wave of epidemic. In the 24 hours of the 28th, there were more than 31600 newly confirmed cases in France, and the number of cases entering the intensive care unit increased sharply compared with the previous day.
Earlier, the French health minister Oliver Velan (Olivier Veran) said to the media at the new crown vaccination center in the 18 District of Paris. At present, the French mainland has not confirmed the emergence of COVID-19 mutant by the viral gene sequencing, but in Belgium, Germany and Italy, it has found relevant cases. Therefore, he believes that the Omicron variant may have spread in France.
Wei Lang also said that it may be only a matter of time before the mutant strain is detected in France. Anyone who comes into contact with people who may be infected with Omicron virus or have been diagnosed with Omicron virus, even if vaccinated, should be regarded as "high risk" and isolated.
France has banned flights to South Africa after the discovery of a new strain in South Africa. The French Foreign Ministry said that at least before December 1, France also suspended all flights from southern Africa and strengthened the isolation of passengers from the nearby overseas territories of reunion and Mayotte.