The Limited Times

Now you can see non-English news...

Coronavirus: Marc Lefèvre requests that the State "requisition our departmental laboratories for testing"

2020-03-30T05:36:25.180Z


INTERVIEW - The president of the Manche department ensures that the number of coronavirus screenings can be rapidly increased. He has been trying to convince the state for 13 days


LE FIGARO. - The government has announced a gradual ramp-up targeting 30,000 tests / day in a week. Why are you asking him to requisition the departmental laboratories?

MARC LEFÈVRE. - Because we can very quickly expand the panel with our veterinary laboratories. They practice these techniques daily. They can double the current capacity. Out of 70 laboratories in France, more than 45 can be mobilized to carry out at least 13,000 tests per day. It is incomprehensible that they are not automatically requested during this exceptional period. The State must requisition our departmental laboratories for testing. We have taken numerous steps with the competent authorities, but they have not been followed up.

What do you say?

We made this proposal to the regional prefect. The president of our group also sent it to the Minister of Health and I personally intervened

This article is for subscribers only. You still have 66% to discover.

Subscribe: € 1 for 2 months

cancellable at any time

Enter your email

Already subscribed? Log in

Source: lefigaro

All news articles on 2020-03-30

You may like

Trends 24h

News/Politics 2024-04-18T09:29:37.790Z
News/Politics 2024-04-18T14:05:39.328Z

Latest

© Communities 2019 - Privacy

The information on this site is from external sources that are not under our control.
The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.