The online platform SIDEP (Integrated Screening and Prevention Service) which provides access to the results of a Covid test remained inaccessible for part of the day on Friday from noon, as the Federation confirmed to Figaro. of the Pharmaceutical Syndicates of France.
At the beginning of the evening, the platform was again accessible.
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“The blocking of the site was not that bad since people were still notified of the result of their Christmas test. Simply, they could not immediately retrieve their QR Code on the site ”,
explains the president of the union Philippe Besset.
Pharmacies and laboratories taken by storm
The representative noted an
"exceptionally high" number
of antigenic tests carried out this Friday, which
"probably explains"
the saturation of SIDEP according to him.
A trend observed for several days.
As the end of the year holidays approached in contact with vulnerable people and possible departures by plane and train, the French rushed to PCR and antigen tests as evidenced by the long queues in front of pharmacies and laboratories.
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Between December 13 and 19, more than 6.2 million tests were validated, a figure up 6.9% compared to the previous week according to the DREES attached to the Ministry of Health.
A record figure over a week since the start of the pandemic, which should be further exceeded at the end of this Christmas week.
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