Covid-19 in Corsica : caregivers call to regulate the flow of tourists this summer

Interior Minister Christophe Castaner estimated that the 10 might not be shocked “to take special measures for the Corsicans” this summer. healthcare worker

Interior Minister Christophe Castaner estimated that the 10 might not be shocked “to take special measures for the Corsicans” this summer.

a health worker from the island and the continent calls in an open letter for “regulation” of people coming to Corsica this summer, fearing a “return of the epidemic” of Covid-19 due to “dramatic consequences” due to the “limited number of beds”.

“In the current state of the pandemic, the uncontrolled arrival of several tens of thousands of travelers would undermine our ability to care, in terms of human and material resources. Our caregivers are exhausted and the number of beds is limited,” write doctors, pharmacists, dentists, midwives, nurses and physiotherapists , public and private. Among them, seven professors of medicine Marcel Rufo or Andreas Stein from the University Hospital Institute Méditerranée Infection (IHU) in Marseille, France, led by Didier Raoult. Several presidents and council members of the Order of the Islands of Beauty are also signatories.

“strong, human, ethical and professional” measures

“We are aware of the economic and social issues and we want success to cover as wide a part of the tourist season as possible”, they write, claiming that “the implementation of strong, human, ethical and ethical measures”, without specifying which ones.

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“We are ready to discuss (these measures) in the coming days,” they added, without mentioning the proposal for a health passport or “green pass” as put forward by executive board president Gilles Simeoni.

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In a 40-page report detailing the plan to gradually lift the closure for Corsica, approved by the Corsican Assembly in early May, autonomist Gilles Simeoni called for this “green pass” from June 23 to be a condition for entry to the beauty island upon presentation of a negative test for Covid-19. According to the report, a total of 72 percent of Corsica’s tourists are French.

So far, the government has not indicated to Corsica any measures it might consider. Interior Minister Christophe Castaner estimated that the ten may not be shocked “to take special measures for the Corsicans” suspecting that “the tests proposed by Gilles Simeoni and the territorial community” are the solution.

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another island in Europe, Iceland, plans to implement a similar system from June 15 to limit the outbreak on its soil. 72 people have died from the Covid-19 epidemic in Corsica, according to data from the health authorities.

Updated date: May 21, 2020, 3:34 p.m

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