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The Omicron variant of Covid-19 affects many people in the United States and could gradually spread to other countries such as France.
A screening center installed in Time Square, in New York (United States), welcomes more than 200 people, Tuesday, December 21. Americans get tested three days before Christmas, to check whether they have been infected with the Omicron variant of Covid-19. Last week in the country, two out of three infections with the virus were linked to this variant, against one in 10 the week before.
In some regions of France, we fear that the Omicron variant will become the majority, as in Île-de-France for example. “Every other day the number of cases identified as potentially Omicron doubles”, emphasizes Florence Débarre, health data officer at the CNRS. Across France, 7% to 9% of Covid cases are currently linked to Omicron. A variant that is therefore more contagious than Delta, but not necessarily more dangerous.