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France: no new measures for now over COVID despite the Omicron variant

France does not currently plan new restrictive measures to contain the current wave of the COVID-19 pandemic despite the threat of the new, highly contagious, Omicron variant of the disease, French government spokesman Gabriel Attal said on Tuesday (14/12).

"There are currently around 130 confirmed cases of the Omicron variant", Attal told France Info radio, adding the government was constantly monitoring the situation.