Ten minutes.
It did not take more, this Monday morning, to perform a PCR test at the priority screening center for Covid-19, in the business district of La Défense (Hauts-de-Seine), time to fill out his registration form. information included.
"It's hypercalme," astonished an executive of this site, opened at the Cnit by the Regional Health Agency (ARS) on September 28.
Last Monday and Tuesday, it didn't stop!
People came before they left on a trip and with their family for Christmas.
"
The center thus welcomed 258 people on December 21 and 388 the next day.
This is a little more than the average of the tests carried out by the 22 priority screening centers in Ile-de-France.
All open at the end of September, they have since carried out around 250 PCR tests per day.
Up to 2,000 tests per week at La Défense
With a peak of 400 daily tests at the end of October, at the heart of the second wave of the pandemic.
The La Défense center recorded some 2,000 per week during this period, before the reconfinement produced its effect, by reducing the number of tests.
Initially open to so-called priority people (i.e. with a medical certificate, identified as contact cases by health insurance, health professionals and similar professionals, national education professions), these centers are then became accessible to all.
"We always post priority slots in the morning, but we have to be flexible and adaptable, especially when the crowds are low," notes Véronique Dugay, the departmental manager of the ARS in Hauts-de- Seine.
"I searched on Google and found this center to do a quick test"
In La Défense, neighborhood employees often take advantage of the lunch break to come and get tested.
In recent days, the center has mainly welcomed travelers, departing or arriving.
“I landed on Saturday, coming from Mayotte, to see my parents and grandparents this week, says Zamir, for example, who came to be tested this Monday.
I searched on Google and found this center to do a quick test.
I'm fine, but I'm really careful.
"
La Défense, this Monday.
Some come to be tested as a precaution.
Others because they have symptoms of Covid or are contact cases.
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Odile, she plans to leave soon for Guadeloupe.
“I have no other solution than to take a PCR test to take the plane,” she explains.
In my town of Yvelines, you have to make an appointment and it is not always open, which is why I came to La Défense.
"
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Emmanuelle, her companion and their two children will wait to hear the results of the tests passed this Monday to join her parents in the Landes and celebrate… Christmas.
"We are doing things right, that reassures everyone," says this resident of Asnières.
Results in less than 24 hours
This family should get the results of its screening by Tuesday evening.
"The average result return time is between 12 hours and 24 hours," reports the ARS, which promised results between 24 and 36 hours at the end of September.
In this area, the objective has therefore been reached for the Regional Health Agency, which had just opened these so-called priority centers to reduce delays that could exceed a week at the end of last summer.
"There is a whole prioritization process for the recording and processing of tests, seven days a week, day and night", specifies Alain Le Meur, the development director of Biogroup, the laboratory which processes 40% of the tests. screenings carried out in Ile-de-France.
La Défense, this Monday.
Alain Le Meur is development director at Biogroup, the laboratory which manages the two priority screening centers in Hauts-de-Seine, at Cnit and at Issy-les-Moulineaux.
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In the 22 centers in question, the positivity rate turns to 13% on average over the three months of operation.
It fell "around 5-6%, which corresponds to the regional average", indicates the ARS.
"Many people without any symptoms are still tested"
“The offer of screening has increased considerably, beyond priority people.
With the holidays, many people without any symptoms still get tested.
It is therefore normal for the positivity rate to decrease, ”explains Véronique Dugay.
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Based on this observation, the ARS intends to leave the priority screening centers open until the end of winter, "at least in the first quarter of 2021".
"Because they play their role and are now well identified in their territories", underlines the head of ARS 92.
At the La Défense screening center, we are also expecting a new peak in attendance after the New Year's Eve feasts and after the holidays.
The list of 22 priority screening centers can be found on the ARS website: www.iledefrance.ars.sante.fr
