Four residents who died in the last five days in a Thillot retirement home; 21, since the beginning of the epidemic, in Cornimont, also in the Vosges; 10 within an establishment in Loir-et-Cher; 11 in Maugio, in the Hérault ... And, in Île-de-France alone, "more than 100 deaths", according to the regional health agency (ARS), which reported on Friday 241 accommodation establishments for dependent elderly people (Ehpad) out of 600 affected by Covid-19. While every day there are terrible numbers of infected residents in nursing homes, it was time to "go further" , as announced on Saturday by the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, in the protection of "more than 700,000 elderly people losing their autonomy ”, accommodated in “ more than 7000 ” structures in France.
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Flagship measure, “isolation” in a single room. "The directors may, after analyzing the state of health of the people and the risks involved, decide to limit the movement of residents
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