France "62% of COVID-19 Cases Infected with Omicron"
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[Asia Economy Reporter Ki-min Lee] On the 31st (local time), French health authorities announced that the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) has overtaken existing variants such as Delta to become the dominant strain in France.
According to AFP news agency, French health authorities stated that "this week, 62.4% of all test results (among confirmed cases) showed characteristics consistent with the Omicron variant." At the beginning of last week, the Omicron rate in France was 15%.
France reported 206,243 new confirmed cases the day before. Although this is a slight decrease from the record high of 208,099 cases on the 29th, the number still exceeds 200,000.
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Meanwhile, countries such as the United States and the United Kingdom have already seen Omicron infection rates surpass 50-60%, making it the dominant strain. The number of Omicron infections in Korea also increased by 206 cases on the same day.
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