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To avoid contagion, the police are increasing the number of screenings

2020-05-20T18:08:11.041Z


One thousand police officers from the Lille police station, where three positive cases have been identified, will in particular be tested.


New fight against coronavirus in the police force. No less than a thousand screenings will be carried out at the central police station in Lille (North), where three police officers have been contaminated since the deconfinement. “A first case of infection was confirmed by staff on Sunday and the“ contact tracing ”, implemented as part of the“ test-trace-isolate ”health strategy, made it possible to identify two positive cases on the same day additional, " revealed the northern prefecture. According to our information, 19 other agents of the departmental public security directorate who had been in contact with their infected colleagues were placed on "cycle rest" for a period of 48 hours.

Read also: Screening: "We test much less than our capabilities"

"For the moment, we are in preventive measures since our services are far from being paralyzed by any" cluster "" , specifies a police officer. An amphitheater at the police station was made available to a team from the Lille University Hospital and liberal nurses. The operation

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Source: lefigaro

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