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This Christmas was disrupted for many French people, who tested positive or had contact just before the holidays. Report from some of them.
Dinner served in her room for Lauren Pantxika, 24-year-old student, positive Covid-19. It must remain cloistered during the holidays. The family dinner is done by videoconference. Montpellier (Herault), Antoine and Emma try to celebrate Christmas despite everything. Tested positive, Antoine must remain isolated until December 27, while his partner is in contact and must also remain in isolation. “The gifts will stay at the foot of the Christmas tree until January”, she explains.
In La Rochelle (Charente Maritime), hard blow for Caroline Lecoq, infected by the Omicron variant just before the holidays. “We had a Christmas remotely, my family even sent gifts by La Poste”, underlines the young woman. For children who test positive, it is even harder. “The cousins are disappointed and the little one is sad, but there is nothing he can do”, indicates the mother of the family. Like them, more than 600,000 French people had to isolate themselves for the holidays.