The state of health emergency will cease to apply in the territory of Guadeloupe on the evening of November 14, the prefect Alexandre Rochatte announced on Wednesday November 10, during a weekly situation update in Basse-Terre.
"We are going to enter the third phase of deconfinement to find the way of life today in metropolitan France"
, explained the prefect, announcing the end of the curfew
"from Sunday evening"
and gauges which
"will be modified ”
for certain activities.
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After suffering a murderous fourth wave, the archipelago is now experiencing a
"rather stable"
epidemic situation
, said at the press conference, Valérie Denux, the director general of the Regional Health Agency (ARS).
From November 1 to 7, 2021,
"166 new positive cases were detected in the territory"
, down from the previous week.
The incidence rate is 44 / 100,000, the positivity rate is 1.4% and the virus reproduction factor barely exceeds 1%.
A 59-year-old patient
"who had been evacuated to the metropolis"
died during this period, said Valérie Denux.
The Covid-19 screening tests
“will remain free”
until December 6 and the ARS has ordered Public Health France
“a seroprevalence survey” in
order to
“know the collective immunity in the territory and adapt our monitoring methodology of the epidemic ”
.
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Regarding the vaccination obligation, source of strong tensions and blockages for several weeks in hospitals, Valérie Denux denounced
"the malice, actions that are unacceptable"
,
"people who are in the minority"
and
"take patients hostage. "
.
The management of the CHU lodged a complaint for endangering the lives of others, following the blocking of the logistics center of the CHU, affecting the delivery of meals.
A special number has been set up to refer patients.
In Guadeloupe, 46.14% of people over 18 received a first injection of the vaccine.
At the Guadeloupe University Hospital, the vaccination rate is 84% according to the ARS.