The coronavirus epidemic is a worldwide power struggle. The marketing authorization of Covid vaccines gave hope to the world to overcome the pandemic… but the virus did not say its last word. Now, the threat coming from more transmissible variants seems to be a tour de force and is a game-changer.
UK, Brazilian and South-African coronavirus variants in France: how many cases detected so far?
Found on several occasions in France, the UK coronavirus variant – more transmissible than others we knew so far – raises concerns. Other strains including in South Africa and Brazil are worrying as well. But what about their spread in France? Here is more on the matter. [Read more]
This Sunday January 24, 2021 invited on BFMTV in the evening, president of the French Scientific Committee Jean-François Delfraissy is warning against the likely spread of variants across France. Claiming variants have been a game-changer for three weeks already, he also thinks about the UK variant that it is “like a second pandemic”.
As the week is about to be decisive in France, lockdown seems to be the next step after curfew. According to Delfraissy, it is a “sort of failure, but no political failure, it’s a failure the virus gives us all”. He also says that “if we continue doing nothing, we’ll end up in a difficult condition by mid-March”.
Coronavirus, the threat of variants: everything you need to know
