While the spread of the coronavirus continues in the Oise, retirement homes are subject to increased surveillance. In particular at Crépy-en-Valois, where Dominique V., the first Frenchman to die from the Covid-19, was teaching. For the time being, no deaths have been recorded in these establishments, despite suspicions.
This weekend, in the city of the Archery, visits were thus prohibited in these retirement homes welcoming a public more vulnerable to the virus. In front of Etienne-Marie de la Hante, the message is displayed at the entrance, in a laconic press release.
"Let's protect our patients and residents," it says. Given an increase in cases of acute respiratory infections, such as the flu or bronchitis, management decided, as a preventive measure, to suspend all visits. Inside, the caregivers move around wearing a protective mask.
"I fear returning to work"
The measure, at least in place until Monday, applies to the three Ehépas of Crépy. Some 180 elderly people. A similar system has been set up within the La Sagesse nursing home, which welcomes aging adults with disabilities. Especially since the referring doctor of the site is the one who put on sick leave the first patient who died of coronavirus.
According to a nursing assistant from the establishment, the residents were also put there "in containment" this weekend. "I am a little apprehensive about the return," says the professional. We do not yet know if we will remain confined to our turn ... "" We must be very vigilant, says on the side of management. Especially since employees have children going to school at Jean-de-la-Fontaine college ", the establishment where Dominique V. taught, located 500 m away.
In Crépy-en-Valois, the market closed by the municipal police, the suspended mass
