We must isolate more and in a better organized way people positive for Covid-19 and their case-contacts to avoid a new confinement in the future, plead associations and health professionals, who question the government on Tuesday, November 24.
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“
All together, let's avoid a new confinement!
», Launches the France Assos Santé collective, which brings together 85 associations of health users, in a column published online by the newspaper
Le Parisien
.
"
Better a strict individual restriction of movements and contacts, accompanied by good protection for a few days, in a secure, suitable and accepted environment, than a new generalized and long confinement of an entire population in the face of high collective risks
», Say the signatories, calling on the Defense Council, the government body that takes decisions to fight the epidemic.
This call is notably supported by Axel Kahn, the president of the League against cancer, and William Dab, former Director General of Health.
The signatories are calling for four measures in particular.
First, the “
development of antigenic screening tests
”.
Second, "
the establishment of a complete restriction of movement and visit
" for positive people and their contact cases, "
under control and reduced during the time of contagiousness (from 7 to 15 days maximum depending on the case), with isolation in suitable conditions
”.
Third, “
the accompaniment and support of subjects tested positive
”: “
maintenance of material resources (wages or salaries), obligation to provide a comfortable place of residence, a permanent link with an accompanying person
”, etc.
Finally, a wider deployment of the Tousanticovid application.
"
The understanding, readability and appropriation of current measures remain particularly weak
", conclude the signatories, according to which "
a significant effort of information and pedagogy is essential
".
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