Question from Martin
Is it true that 100% of contamination in the Alpes-Maritimes is due to the Omicron variant?
Good evening Martin,
It is a question which falls under the supposition which you put to us there. It is currently impossible to answer this question: Omicron monitoring data from Public Health France is not available, but the good news is that it should be in a few days. “After a transition phase, a new screening strategy, making it possible to more precisely detect suspected cases of Omicron infection, is being deployed since December 20, 2021. As a result, new screening indicators will be released. data beginning of January 2022 “, indicates Public Health France.
To estimate therefore that 100% of the contaminations would be due to the Omicron variant is, in this sense, “a little adventurous”.
If the data are not yet known to all, we know, however, that the variant is being scrutinized by the health authorities. “In a context of ultra-majority circulation of the Delta variant, as observed in France since the summer, viruses not carrying any of these three mutations are in the minority, allowing, by elimination, to suspect a potential case of the Omicron variant.”, also enlighten us the health authorities.
OmiCron majority in France, but …
According to the last statement made by the authorities, we can read that in fact, the Omicron variant has become the majority: “62.4% of the tests screened showed a profile compatible with the Omicron variant at the start of W52”, indicates Public Health France. These figures are those for the whole of France, an average between the most affected areas such as the Paris region and the others.
Local data is currently unavailable. Information on this point is therefore a guess. What is known, however, is that the patients currently present in intensive care are patients infected with the Delta variant.
