“I am ready to study with the government any additional restriction measures.
»Valérie Pécresse, president (Libres!) Of the Ile-de-France region, has no illusions.
"I am very concerned, the situation is deteriorating, the region is on a razor's edge," she said.
This is all the more worrying as the indicators are on the rise while it is the school holidays and that many Ile-de-France residents have left the region during this period.
This is a very bad signal.
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Even if Jean Castex has not yet announced a new turn of the screw for the capital region, he said on Thursday that a consultation would be initiated quickly with her and the other elected officials of Ile-de-France.
The prefects of the departments will also work together to offer the government a short-term course of action.
The Prime Minister indicated that decisions would be taken "next week".
Detect clusters using saliva tests
"I have always defended a regional vision to be effective," says Valérie Pécresse.
Decisions at the departmental level in Ile-de-France seem to me illusory.
How do you do in a region where millions of people take public transport every day to go to work and move daily from one department to another?
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The president is particularly concerned about the health situation in schools.
“I ask to strengthen the tests in high schools from the start of Monday.
We know that it is a source of contamination.
When I proposed to launch antigenic tests in high schools, the state did not give me the green light.
I am asking today that with the saliva tests which are much better accepted, this test campaign be amplified to detect possible clusters as quickly as possible.
And as always, the region is ready to help launch a massive testing campaign ”.
15 days ago, the region launched the creation of 500 ephemeral resuscitation beds, with training of caregivers, financed by 10M € of European funds # REACT-EU that we went to recover.
Already 13 suburban hospitals equipped #monitors #respirators #LaRegionSeBougePourYou pic.twitter.com/39NpUCmh9C
- Valérie Pécresse (@vpecresse) February 18, 2021
On the vaccination front, Valérie Pécresse also calls for an acceleration and above all a reorientation of efforts: “We can clearly see that the vaccination campaign is less effective in certain popular departments, such as Seine-Saint-Denis or rural areas.
It is on these areas that our efforts must absolutely be focused.
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