new Covid-19 variant on Friday, as the number of cases and deaths from coronavirus mounted in the country, increasing concerns of a new wave of the virus hitting the euro zone's second-biggest economy.The first case of a particularly infectious coronavirus variant that recently emerged in Britain has been confirmed in a French citizen living in Britain.The person had tested positive for the new variant of the coronavirus.
He is asymptomatic and self-isolating at home in Tours in central France, the French health ministry said.The ministry said the case - the first in France - had been found in the city of Tours.
The man in question arrived from London on 19 December. He was currently self-isolating and felt alright, the ministry added."The.