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Valérie Pécresse agrees to provide 5 million tests in Île-de-France

5/15/2020, 6:26:08 PM


These serological tests will be available to companies, associations and communities in Ile-de-France, via the regional purchasing center.

Valérie Pécresse is committed to providing 5 million tests to Ile-de-France residents. The president of Île-de-France is developing her deconfinement strategy by relying on several tools. After encouraging telework and strengthening health security in transport, it now defends a proactive policy in the field of screening.

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Friday, during a trip to a Val-d'Oise workshop where tests are conditioned, the elected representative recalled her ambition. She knows that the French health authorities have not yet validated mass screening but she relies on the recommendations of the World Health Organization and the OECD to arm the most exposed region of the country.

Is this a way to put pressure on the government, when government doctrine should be unveiled on Monday? “The region has always wanted to anticipate. We were on the front line on masks and today we do not want to be caught off guard. We have to be

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