Omicron variant likely to be circulating in France — health minister

The French health minister added that the government was tightening restrictions to contain its spread. (File/Reuters)

• The government was tightening restrictions to contain the spread of the virus

PARIS: The Omicron variant of the coronavirus is probably already circulating in France, its health minister said on Sunday, adding that the government was tightening restrictions to contain its spread.
“There is no identification yet, but it’s a matter of hours,” Olivier Veran told reporters at a vaccination center in Paris.