The French health ministry said a Frenchman who recently arrived back in France from London had tested positive for the new variant of the coronavirus. 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 December 19. He was currently self-isolating and felt alright, the ministry added.
France closed the border to the UK Monday, December 21, firstly stopping cargo from travelling from Dover to Calais, before imposing travel restrictions on travellers. The Eurostar only allowed travel from Paris to London but not the other direction.
The number of cases and deaths from COVID-19 has mounted in France, increasing concerns of a new wave of the virus hitting the eurozone's second-biggest economy.
France registered 20,262 new, confirmed COVID-19 cases and 159 more related deaths in hospitals in the last 24 hours.
France's number of confirmed COVID-19 cases now stands at 2,547,771 while its COVID-19 death toll stands at 62,427 - the seventh-highest in the world.
British Health Secretary Matt Hancock had said on December 14 that a spike in COVID cases in the United Kingdom might have been linked to the new variant of the virus in the country.
Hancock said more than 1,000 cases of the new variant had been identified, mainly in southeastern England.
Countries around the world have in recent days closed their borders to both Britain and South Africa following the identification of cases of the new, fast-spreading variant of the coronavirus in those countries.
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2020-12-26 09:54:00Z
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