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The man and his entourage were placed in solitary confinement “very quickly” at their home.
It was only a matter of hours or days before the discovery of the Omicron variant in a French national. A first case has been identified on the island of Reunion announced the ARS and the prefecture on Tuesday, November 30. He is a man in his fifties who traveled to southern Africa, on a business trip, before returning to the island around November 19. Tested negative on arrival, he was finally declared positive two days later.
According to information from doctor Patrick Mavingui, the man and his entourage were placed in solitary confinement. “very quickly” at their home. Another suspected case, unrelated to this man, is still being sequenced. In order to limit the flow of travelers from countries in the zone and to strengthen the monitoring of people subjected to isolation, a reinforced health protocol is being drawn up. “It will be added to the measure of suspension of flights from South Africa already in effect since November 27 and renewed until December 1”, according to local authorities.