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Covid-19: is the air insufficiently filtered in TGVs, promoting the spread of the virus?

2021-06-07T01:19:13.762Z


VERIFICATION - A report from the Labor Inspectorate deplores a CO2 concentration in TGVs above the recommended limit. SNCF denies it.


THE QUESTION

. With deconfinement and the return of good weather helping, they will experience peaks in attendance. 5 million TGV tickets, sold for 39 euros maximum, were put on sale before May 19 to allow SNCF to win back users. The company has also fundamentally reviewed its pricing policy, aiming to double the number of passengers by 2031. The bar wagons of SNCF trains will make their big comeback on June 9. But the highlighting by

Mediapart

, on June 3, of the conclusions of a report by the Labor Inspectorate has darkened the picture. The air filtration system in TGVs, due to its inadequacy, would be conducive to the spread of Sars-CoV-2.

To read also: TGV, night trains: the 180 ° turn of the SNCF to satisfy the State

The SNCF firmly denies and maintains to apply "

rigorously all the instructions of the health authorities

".

To what extent are TGVs really, as

Mediapart

suggests, potential “

traveling clusters

”?

CHECKS

.

What does the report of the Labor Inspectorate reproach SNCF for?

According to his conclusions,

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Source: lefigaro

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