“I am coming back from London where I had to be tested before coming back to France.
I was negative.
But when I learned that there was a first case of a British variant here in Bagneux, I was afraid for a moment that it was coming from me, ”says Martine.
Like her, they are several hundred to have traveled since Saturday for the massive Covid-19 screening campaign, organized for three days in the village hall of this town in the south of Hauts-de-Seine.
Only positive cases will pass the virus sequencing stage, possibly to detect the English variant.
An epidemiological investigation which should give its results in the middle of the week.
Known to be more contagious than the original version of the virus, especially among the youngest, the English variant worries, especially parents whose children are educated in establishments where the woman infected with this variant works.
“When I heard the news, I was afraid for my children.
We were tested on Saturday and we now know that we are all negative, ”explains Farida.
As of Friday, a first series of tests had been carried out with school staff in the city with 167 tests carried out.
By Tuesday evening, the Directorate General of Health, which is piloting the operation, hopes to be able to test nearly 2,000 inhabitants of Bagneux.