The new variant of the coronavirus is officially in France. A positive case for the Omicron variant has been identified on Reunion Island, a researcher from the Joint Unit for Infectious Process Research in Tropical Island Environments (PIMIT) announced on Tuesday.
The patient tested positive is “a 53-year-old man” who traveled to Mozambique and “made a stopover in South Africa” before coming to Reunion, said microbiologist Patrick Mavingui on the airwaves of
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Muscle pain and fatigue
Placed in solitary confinement as well as his entourage, “the man suffers from muscle pain and fatigue”, declared the scientist. The PIMIT was mobilized “urgently” Sunday evening, “for the sequencing of six tests,” said the microbiologist. “The results arrived a few hours ago (…) there is a positive case”. On the other hand, the five other samples are negative. Health authorities at local and national levels were immediately notified, said Patrick Mavingui.
This information comes as the Ministry of Health said on Sunday that it “monitors with particular attention the overseas territories of Reunion and Mayotte which are in direct or indirect connection with (the seven) countries” of Southern Africa with which air links have been suspended since Friday. On Sunday, the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran had announced that eight “possible” cases of carriers of the Omicron variant had been detected in France.