In Reunion, which is in phase 2 of the Covid-19 epidemic since Tuesday, caregivers and the population are actually faced with two health scourges which are rife simultaneously and whose symptoms are confused. This island in the Indian Ocean is facing an epidemic of dengue, a virus transmitted by mosquitoes.
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The meeting crossed Wednesday, the bar of 100 people tested positive at Covid-19. Tuesday, it went into phase 2 of the epidemic, when the metropolis is already in phase 3. But the national decree concerning the containment measures and closings of non-essential businesses already applies to this overseas department. Unlike the mainland, "we decided to extend the screening of Covid-19" to all people with symptoms, said Tuesday the director of the Regional Health Agency (ARS). On the one hand because “we are in a situation of insularity. Then, because Reunion is behind the metropolis regarding the
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