If I have symptoms of Covid-19 from May 11, what should I do? This Thursday, during the presentation of the deconfinement plan, the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, detailed the instructions for use for future patients under the same slogan: "Test, trace, isolate". First, if you have a fever, a cough, difficulty breathing, and sometimes a loss of taste and smell, "you have to act," he said. Don't wait for it to pass. "
I inform my doctor. If he cannot be reached, call a doctor on call or, if he fails, on 15 so that he can refer you to an available general practitioner. At the end of the phone, he will ask you questions and, if he considers it necessary, order a screening test. You will then be directed to a hospital, a city lab or its parking lot, called a "drive test". A mobile team can also come to your home. "You will have nothing to pay," promises Olivier Véran. While waiting for the results, you will have to stay at home. If the test is negative, your doctor will reassess your situation based on the symptoms.
If I'm Covid +, I isolate myself. Your doctor will follow you "throughout your illness". It will be necessary to remain confined two days after healing, that is 8 to 10 days on average. Warn him if your symptoms get worse. For its part, Health Insurance, alerted by your doctor, will contact you as part of an investigation. The objective of these brigades is to identify the people you have known and perhaps contaminated, without knowing it. These are the “contact cases”.
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Strict containment. If you share your accommodation, you will be advised to stay in a specific room, to avoid contact with other occupants of the home. You will need to ventilate and wash your hands often, do not touch the same objects as your loved ones and frequently disinfect door handles, telephones, etc. In the presence of your spouse, wearing a mask will be recommended at all times. Non-essential visits are "strongly discouraged". The pharmacist will give you free masks.
If I am a contact case, I will be notified. Either by Health Insurance or by the Regional Health Agency. They will judge if the risk is proven. That is to say ? "Let's say you shared a lunch with a sick person without respecting the rules of distancing," says Olivier Véran. You will have to stay at home. "
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Proximity to the entourage not recommended, taking a temperature twice a day, stopping work if teleworking is impossible ... You will be tested seven days after the last contact with the infected person. Why this delay? "Because it is the right time to flush out the virus, before that maybe too soon", explains Olivier Véran. Be careful if the test is negative, "your doctor may, under certain conditions, offer you in certain cases, to alleviate your isolation but it will have to last another seven additional days", details the Minister.
Difficulty isolating yourself. Talk to your doctor or Health Insurance who will contact you. "Territorial support cells are established everywhere, in conjunction with the prefects to help you," added the minister. For some, confining yourself at home, away from your loved ones is an impossible task ... You will be offered a hotel accommodation proposal.
