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Coronavirus: massive screening in Montargis after the appearance of a new cluster

2020-07-03T18:39:10.979Z


This screening will be accessible to everyone, with or without symptoms from Saturday until July 10.A large-scale screening will be implemented from Saturday in Montargis (Loiret) after the appearance of a cluster of Covid-19, announced this Friday the Regional Health Agency (ARS) of Center-Val de Loire . Since June 21, 48 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in around twenty families residing in Montargis, according to an ARS press release, specifying that "no hospitalization has been reporte...


A large-scale screening will be implemented from Saturday in Montargis (Loiret) after the appearance of a cluster of Covid-19, announced this Friday the Regional Health Agency (ARS) of Center-Val de Loire .

Since June 21, 48 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in around twenty families residing in Montargis, according to an ARS press release, specifying that "no hospitalization has been reported to date. "

Free screening centers will be set up from this Saturday until July 10 in the municipalities of Montargis, Châlette-sur-Loing and Villemandeur. This screening will be accessible to everyone, with or without symptoms.

A family celebration called into question

The ARS has not advanced on the causes of the appearance of this cluster, but the mayor of Montargis mentioned a family celebration.

"According to the explanations we have, it would be two families who saw each other three weeks ago," said Benoit Digeon. “There was a contaminant. The cluster then developed around these families, with children and friends, ”he told AFP.

According to our colleagues from the Center Republic, a positive person participated in this family celebration, contaminating several people, who also contaminated relatives.

Over 200 outbreaks in France

A month and a half after the lifting of the containment, France now has more than 200 clusters.

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“For ten consecutive weeks, the number of cases has been reduced. We have all the indicators that show that the situation is being controlled at the cost of an extremely offensive policy, "Health Minister Olivier Véran announced on RTL on Thursday.

Source: leparis

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