The La Roche Libère nursing home in Terrasson-Lavilledieu (Dordogne) has turned into a cluster.
According to information from France Bleu, more than forty people are positive for Covid-19.
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According to test results obtained Thursday, October 22, 27 of 82 residents and 19 employees are now infected with the virus.
A generalized screening was launched for the first time on October 15 after the discovery of two cases in the structure (a resident and a nursing assistant).
Visits are now prohibited, and Covid-19 patients have been isolated in a wing of the nursing home.
According to Manon Coutier, the director of the establishment, most people who test positive are "
asymptomatic or not very symptomatic
".
Only one resident is on oxygen, she says in the columns of France Bleu.
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