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Covid-19: Le Havre and Charleville-Mézières launch massive screening operations

2020-12-14T04:25:33.559Z


The two cities are the first to launch. The goal is to curb the epidemic before the end of year celebrations and the deconfinement which comes into force on Tuesday.


The conurbations of Le Havre and Charleville-Mézières are launching massive Covid-19 screening campaigns on Monday, December 14, a new attempt to curb the epidemic before the end of the year celebrations and the deconfinement which will come into force on Tuesday.

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While the French are preparing to circulate again without certificate throughout the territory, the number of cases of contamination remains far from the objectives of the executive.

At the end of October, President Emmanuel Macron wanted to

eventually

go down

to 5,000 contaminations per day.

However, the daily average over the past week is 12,000.

11,533 additional cases were recorded between Saturday and Sunday, according to Public Health France, which reports 150 deaths in the last 24 hours.

Since the start of the epidemic, 57,911 Covid patients have died in France, including 39,975 in hospital.

In Liverpool, they managed to test about a third of the 500,000 residents in four days.

If we tested 50% of the population, I would be the happiest of men!

We will undoubtedly be below.

"

Edouard Philippe, mayor of Le Havre

In an attempt to break the spread, the executive is relying on a new, more targeted strategy with massive screenings.

"These operations are as much a means of limiting the spread of the virus in the communities concerned as a lever for experimenting with our

test-alert-protect

strategy,

which you can see is evolving,"

said the Minister of Health, Olivier on Thursday. Véran, who will go to Le Havre on Monday morning to launch the operation.

In the Norman port, for five days, the 270,000 inhabitants of the urban community are invited to be tested.

It will be

"without appointment and free, with a result within half an hour,"

said Mayor Edouard Philippe in the

Journal du Dimanche

.

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“In Liverpool, they managed to test about a third of the 500,000 residents in four days.

If we tested 50% of the population, I would be the happiest of men!

We will undoubtedly be below, ”

predicted the former Prime Minister.

The British authorities had drawn a positive assessment of this campaign carried out in early November.

"The combination of mass screening and the measures taken in Liverpool has brought down the cases in a truly remarkable way, much faster than I would have thought possible,"

Health Minister Matt Hancock told the BBC. weeks later.

In the Ardennes, the target is the urban community which brings together the two main cities of the department, Charleville-Mézières and Sedan, or 123,000 inhabitants.

“The sole respect of health protocols will not be enough to stop the spread of the epidemic.

There is no question that the end-of-year celebrations generate a third wave which would be formidable for our territory, ”

warns Ardenne Métropole.

The operation is also scheduled until Friday, as well as from December 21 to 23 and from December 28 to 30.

Are promised

"free and rapid tests, without appointment"

.

Two other territories must attempt the same operation in January, among those where the virus circulates the fastest in France: Roubaix (Nord) and Saint-Etienne.

Read also: Covid-19: the objective of massive screenings is to better isolate positive cases

For epidemiologists, screening on such a large scale is only useful if the results are exploited quickly, isolating those who test positive and limiting social contact in the most affected areas.

However, there will be no constraint, like the harsh approach imposed by the most severe countries.

The Normandy Regional Health Agency speaks of

"individual support, in particular to isolate yourself as quickly and efficiently as possible"

.

Tuesday officially marks the end of the second confinement, which will give way to a curfew from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m., except for Christmas Eve.

The fear is that of a carelessness of the French.

It was illustrated, among other things, by a

giant

"illegal private party"

which, on the night from Saturday to Sunday in Marseille, brought together some 500 people.

Forced to remain

"confined"

at least until early January, the world of culture intends to give voice this week, with events scheduled for Tuesday to demand a reopening of theaters, museums and cinemas.

Several unions and professional organizations must file together in the week a

"summary freedom"

to claim it before the Council of State.

Source: lefigaro

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