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The reasons for a slowdown in Ile-de-France

2020-05-28T22:01:35.067Z


Restrictions are maintained in Ile-de-France, classified orange. The concern concerns in particular the Val-d'Oise, where the number of people


The colors change, but the Ile-de-France continues to lag behind the deconfinement, with particular concern for the department of Val-d'Oise. "All the indicators are green except in Val-d'Oise and Mayotte" assured Edouard Philippe, the Prime Minister, this Thursday. He announced a regional deconfinement "a little more cautious than in the rest of the territory", because "the virus circulates there a little more than elsewhere". Explanations.

For this act 2 of deconfinement, the government relied on health thresholds. Beyond the circulation of the virus and the hospital tension - the parameters which made it possible to establish a two-color map of France on May 11 -, the authorities based themselves on the "incidence". In epidemiological lingo, this measures the dynamics of a virus. In this case, the number of new positive cases in a week.

Beyond 10 positive cases per 100,000 inhabitants, vigilance is reinforced, and this is the case in Val-d'Oise, with "14 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants in one week," details the Regional Health Agency. (ARS) in Ile-de-France, while all the other departments are below ”. Ile-de-France average: 6.9 per 100,000 people. "We are going to reinforce screening operations," insists the ARS, which has been increasing the number of screenings in working-class neighborhoods since May 22. The idea being, recalls Aurélien Rousseau, Director General of ARS, "to have no blind spot" on the progression of the epidemic.

No real scientific explanation

Beyond this figure, no scientific explanation allows for the moment to understand this singularity in the Val-d'Oise. The reasons are not to be sought either on the side of possible clusters, since no massive focus has been identified in this department more than elsewhere.

Note also, the positive test rate flirts with 5% in Val-d'Oise (4.7%), for 2.33% on average on Ile-de-France against 1.9% for country average.

These announcements have the effect of a cold shower for the inhabitants and the political leaders of this Ile-de-France department. On the hospital side, there has been no increase in positive cases. In Pontoise, two of the three Covid units have been closed. "We are still seeing a slow descent in the curve of hospitalized people," said a spokesperson for the establishment in Eaubonne. In terms of resuscitation and emergency room visits, the number of cases is very low. "

The president of the department is "green with rage"

The president (LR) of the departmental council Marie-Christine Cavecchi says "green of rage" and denounces "a stigmatization". "It is scandalous and unacceptable," she storms. We cannot imagine that Val-d'Oise is apart in Ile-de-France. They took a picture at one point, with volatile indicators. They talked about indicators, but testing only started last week. There are still not enough people tested to judge! It is odious. The chosen one fears a counterproductive effect. “People will say to themselves after all the efforts we have made we are still in the red. So what ? It is hopeless. "

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Tests precisely, the challenge of deconfinement… But three weeks after the first act, we still don't know how many Ile-de-France residents have been tested! A new information system (called Sidep) has been designed to collect all the screening data from the city laboratory and the hospital. According to the Minister of Health on Thursday, 80% complete the results within 36 hours. Not the others…

In Ile-de-France, the Covid still mobilizes half of the intensive care beds

Beyond the particular case of Val-d'Oise, the whole of Ile-de-France is called by the government to "heightened vigilance". This regional singularity is linked to the situation in hospitals. Certainly the number of patients hospitalized for Covid continues to drop, but this Thursday there are 7,023 people hospitalized because of the virus, including 630 in intensive care, more than half of the total capacity of Ile-de-France. The number of bereaved families further increased by 23 names this Thursday.

Source: leparis

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