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 The health body for the Ile de France region of greater Paris said
in a statement an Omicron case had been found in a person who
returned from Nigeria. This followed a case found in the French
Indian Ocean island of La Reunion last month.
Jean-Francois Delfraissy told BFM television the "true enemy" for
now was still Delta, spreading in a fifth wave.
"We should see a progressive rise of the Omicron variant, which will
take over from Delta," possibly by the end of January, he said.
He said it should be possible to have a good Christmas if steps are
taken to curb the Delta strain.
"Christmas is not at risk if the population and decision-makers are
all very cautious," he said, reiterating that social distancing and
a third, booster shot of vaccines were key weapons.
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 France recorded nearly 50,000
new conformed COVID-19 cases over 24 hours, the
Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
There were 1,886 people in intensive care units
with COVID-19 on Wednesday, a level Delfraissy
said was not yet a peak, particularly when
compared to 6,000-7000 at the height of the
second wave in France last autumn.
(Reporting by Dominique Vidalon; Sudip Kar-Gupta,
Myriam Rivet; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta and
Nick Macfie)
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