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In Roubaix, a massive screening in search of the English variant

2021-01-11T19:46:58.247Z


REPORT - The aim of the campaign is to try to assess the distribution of the English variant among new cases.


In Roubaix, in the underprivileged district of Trois-Ponts, there are large 10-storey HLM bars.

It is here that the former deputy of the North Laurent Pietraszewski, Secretary of State in charge of retirement and occupational health, came to launch the third massive Covid-19 screening campaign: after those of Le Havre and Charleville -Mézières in December, all the inhabitants of this northern town are offered, until the end of the week, a systematic screening test for Covid-19.

Objective: to make a "photograph" of the epidemic, and to assess the circulation of the new English variant.

All positive results will undergo further analysis to determine which virus strain is infecting patients.

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On the Roubaix side on Monday January 11, the Secretary of State visited the 3 sampling boxes installed in the Louis-Lejeune room.

The gathering of journalists and officials does not respect barrier gestures or the rules of distancing.

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Source: lefigaro

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