The various right mayor of Beauvais Caroline Cayeux wishes a " maximum of precautions " at the airport and that a medical brigade is set up for flights from Italy, after a teacher from the Oise died of coronaviruses.
“ My fears are simply that travelers from Italy are carriers of the virus and that there is no pre-established diagnosis. This is why we are asking for a health brigade installed at the airport that can warn, guide and inform passengers, ”Caroline Cayeux told AFP on Thursday. " I hope that we will take the maximum precautions to protect the inhabitants, " she added.
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If the epidemic " were to escalate ", the elected official of the Oise wants flights from Italy to be " stopped ". An idea for the moment rejected by the prefect of Oise, Louis le Franc. “ At the airport for the moment, there are no canceled flights. The airline that provides most of the flights is Ryanair, which has not yet considered canceling flights from Italy, "he said at a press conference on Wednesday.
The outgoing mayor of Beauvais (56,000 inhabitants) who is running for municipal elections in March, would also like there to be " masks available to agents and passengers ". It also recommends that passengers from Italy be greeted separately from those from other destinations, to " protect all passengers. A meeting must take place at 5:00 pm in the prefecture of Beauvais between the town hall, the departmental council, the representatives of the State and the management of the airport.
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Italy, where the number of contaminations has snowballed since Friday, has become the most affected European country with more than 400 cases and 12 deaths, according to the latest report from the authorities.
Less affected, France has identified 17 cases and two deaths including a first French death, a 60-year-old teacher from Crépy-en-Valois who had not traveled to the areas considered at risk. One of the infected patients, a fifty-year-old also from Oise, was hospitalized in Amiens " in serious condition ".