The white plan was activated Thursday, October 22 throughout the metropolis of Lille, facing an outbreak of Covid-19 cases, especially in the underprivileged towns of Roubaix and Tourcoing, announced the Regional Health Agency.
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The incidence rate, the pressure on intensive care beds, conventional hospital beds and human resources are increasing day by day in the MEL (European metropolis of Lille)
" underlines the ARS in a press release from press announcing the activation of this plan for all public and private establishments in the metropolis.
On Thursday, 48% of MEL's resuscitation beds are occupied by Covid patients, according to this press release.
On Wednesday, the ARS had asked hospitals "
to equip 96 additional resuscitation beds with equipment and personnel throughout the
Hauts-de-France region, anticipating a continued increase in the number of patients over the years. next weeks.
The activation of the white plan should allow the health establishments of the metropolis "
to undertake more massive deprogramming (...), to reassign staff within the establishments, even to recall staff when reinforcements are not sufficient.
», Explains the ARS.
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Within the metropolis, the cities of Roubaix and Tourcoing are faced with particularly high rates of spread of covid-19.
The Lille metropolis switched on October 10 to the maximum alert zone, a classification reached when the incidence rate in the general population exceeds 250 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants, when it exceeds 100 in those over 65, and if the occupancy rate of resuscitation beds by Covid-19 patients reached 30%.