France announces first infection with new strain of “Corona”

SANAA, Dec. 26 (YPA) – France announced on Saturday the first infection with the new strain of Corona virus that first appeared in Britain.
The French BFMTV station, late on Friday, quoted the National Health Ministry as saying that a French citizen who had recently returned from the United Kingdom had tested positive for the new strain of Corona virus in Tours.
The ministry statement added that the man is not showing symptoms of the disease and is currently subject to self-isolation at home.
It is noteworthy that the new strain of coronavirus was first discovered in the United Kingdom last week, and this type of virus is 70 percent more transmissible than other Corona strains.
The World Health Organization said, on Friday, that the new type of Corona virus has already been registered in eight European countries.