"I waited 2h30 before getting tested". Like Sonia, a few hundred inhabitants of Saint-Ouen underwent a free screening organized on Friday in this city of Seine-Saint-Denis. After a first session organized on Tuesday and the screening of 400 people, the second session faced an equally heavy crowd.
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Useful for measuring the circulation of the virus, these tests must also send a strong message to the population. "The objective is also to continue to broadcast messages of respect for barrier gestures, to show the population that the virus is still circulating and that the fight against the epidemic is based on respect for these gestures", explains Mohad Djouab, director health services of the city of Saint-Ouen.