France will "evolve rapidly on its screening strategy" for Covid-19, announced on Saturday March 21 Olivier Véran, during a press briefing at the Ministry of Health in Paris. Objective: to move from “rational use” of tests - “people at risk” are now targeted - to their multiplication. It is a question of " increasing our surveillance" , by "(checking) if the people for whom we have a doubt present or not the disease" , detailed the minister.
"Massive screening"
This "massive screening" , he said, will take place " when the confinement is lifted ". The confinement of the French population - a first in peacetime - was decreed until the end of March, without its extension being excluded by the executive. Monday, the scientific council will give an opinion on its "extent" and its "duration," said the minister.
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The next day, Tuesday, the council will decide on the French Covid-19 screening strategy. Its president, Jean-François Delfraissy, advocated Friday in La Croix "massive tests" out of confinement. A large-scale screening impossible today, according to him, due to the too small quantity of tests available in France.