French Health Minister Olivier Veran tests positive for Covid
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13 Jan 2022, 19:17 GMT+10
French Health Minister Olivier Veran has tested positive for Covid and has put himself in self-quarantine. Veran contracting the virus coincides with the highest ever number of newly registered cases in France.
A spokesperson of France's Health Ministry told AFP that Veran showed "light symptoms," adding that he had been vaccinated three times.
"He will go into isolation and continue to work from his private quarters in the ministry."
"I've tested positive for Covid," Veran tweeted. "As a result, I have self-isolated and continue working from a distance."
Veran contracted the virus at the time health statistics show the highest ever amount in new daily cases of the Covid-19 pandemic.
On 21 December 72,800 new cases were reported, but with the advance of the Omicron variant, numbers exploded over the weeks, resulting in a staggering 368,000 cases on 11 January, and only slightly less - 361,000 cases - on 12 January.
Meanwhile some three-quarters of teachers in France striking Thursday to vent their anger over the government's shifting rules on Covid testing for pupils.
This comes amid growing frustration over what unions say is lack of support and unmanageable logistics in the face of Omicron infections.
(With AFP)
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