“We don't know much about this variant!
And that's the problem.
This Saturday, the twelve positive cases detected in Chambourcy just before the school holidays were not yet clearly identified.
“The sequencing is still in progress,” indicates the mayor (DVD) Pierre Morange.
It is not yet clear whether it is a Brazilian or South African variant.
"When in doubt, and while the Yvelines department is under reinforced surveillance, the city councilor immediately took action.
Among them, that of a vast screening operation targeting in particular the parents of pupils, organized with the help of the AP-HP and the Regional Health Agency.
Because the cluster was formed at the nursery school of Les Petits Pas, reaching three teachers, two Atsem and seven children.
"It is for the municipality that we do it, because we have been in contact with no one and we have no symptoms," says Clémentine, who came to be tested with her spouse and her three children.
It is important to map the city so that schools reopen as quickly as possible.
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General disinfection
Indeed, despite the return to school on Monday, all nursery schools, primary schools and the college of Chambourcy will keep doors closed until March 8.
The time to analyze the scale of the situation and to equip yourself for the recovery.
“We have pre-ordered 600 saliva tests which are better suited to children under 11 to test everyone at the start of the school year,” continues Pierre Morange.
A disinfection operation of all school and extracurricular premises is underway.
“Doctor before being mayor, the elected representative tries to take all possible precautions.
The city, with the support of the APHP and the ARS, has 1,400 tests for the weekend.
LP / Julie Ménard
What reassure the families who willingly agree to be tested.
“My children are at school so we were asked to participate in the collective effort and I find that good,” says Céline.
“The multiplication of cases is a little worrying, breathes Nathalie, 55 years old.
But I found that the town hall had reacted well, we feel a desire to take charge of things so as not to make the situation worse.
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"I'm going back to school on Monday so we'll avoid doing a cluster in high school"
In this city of 5600 souls, everyone seems to be playing the game. All generations make up the queue at the entrance to the gymnasium.
An hour after the start of the operation 86 people had already presented themselves.
"We come in principle, this is the third time that we have been tested," smiles a retired couple.
“I'm going back to school on Monday so we're going to avoid having a cluster in high school,” says Léo, 17 years old.
Even the most skeptical are waiting their turn.
“I'm a contact case so I'm here out of opportunism,” says Jean-Marc.
With the increase in cases it seems logical to me to screen massively but I wonder about the effectiveness of this type of device because for it to work it would have to be done very regularly.
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The immediate objective is to better define the incidence rate in Chambourcy, while in Ile-de-France only 11% of cases correspond to variants other than the British.
"We have the international high school which teaches in 14 languages which attracts all nationalities, people of different cultures who travel a lot", suggests the mayor in hypothesis.
Questions that may never be answered.
"We have
pockets
of variants in Maurepas where we closed a college before the holidays, and in Sartrouville"
As Marion Cinalli, director of the Regional Health Agency in Yvelines, explains, it is becoming difficult to identify the variants given the speed of propagation.
“We have indigenous cases for which we can no longer find patient zero.
We have
pockets
of variants in Maurepas where we closed a college before the holidays, and in Sartrouville where it is difficult to explain because the cases are widespread in the population.
If at the end of the screening there is an exceptional viral circulation in Chambourcy, it will be necessary to take measures in consultation with the prefecture and to ask the question of containment.
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Verdict Tuesday, 48 hours after the tests which continue this Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Georges-Gallienne gymnasium, rue du mur du parc in Chambourcy (free, without appointment).
