Covid-19 : three questions on the plan of mass screening launched in Mayenne

Between June 25 and Mayenne 30, the number of new positive coronavirus cases increased from 54 to 109 and from 109 to 219 between June 30 and

Between June 25 and Mayenne 30, the number of new positive coronavirus cases increased from 54 to 109 and from 109 to 219 between June 30 and July 6.

This is the department where the coronavirus circulates much more important than in other parts of France. Between June 25 and Mayenne 30, the number of new positive cases of Covid-19 increased from 54 to 109 and from 109 to 219 between June 30 and July 6. This is the doubling of the number of cases detected on two occasions and in two weeks that worries the authorities. In order to try to stop the progression of the virus, a massive detection plan for Covid-19 will be launched next week in the population center, the ARS of the Pays de la Loire and the prefecture announced on Wednesday.

How to plan the tests?

Screening for virological and serological tests will be carried out on a voluntary basis and should cover a total of around 300,000 people. Children under 10 years of age are not affected. “We will test the Local set step by step. Next week we will target the residents of Laval and the neighboring commune of The Frame, then the south of the department and finally all of Mayenne”, announced the director general of the Country. Loire regional agency (ARS), Jean-Jacques Coiplet, during a videoconference.

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As the president of the Mayenne departmental council, Olivier Richefou, stated this morning (Thursday) on BFMTV, the two plants, already installed in Laval, will be further strengthened to carry out these tests. “The idea is to do as many tests as possible to isolate these people and prevent possible transmission of the virus (…) This is in the context of targeted tests that have been seen since the end of last week due to the increase in the rate incidence and positivity rate in our department. Given this, we could not remain inactive,” said the prefect of Mayenne, Jean-Francis Treffel.

“The social insured will deliver an email or received mail to the laboratory where an appointment will be made in advance and the prescription will be worth,” said Thomas Jackson, deputy director of CPAM Loire-Atlantique. “We are organized so that the positives have the option of isolation and accommodation. Today we have 30 to 35 beds available”, concluded the prefect of Mayenne.

Why are cases multiplying in this department?

In recent weeks, six “clusters” have been identified in Mayenne: four in Laval (slaughterhouse, long-term residences, school and housing and social reintegration center), one in Craon (slaughterhouse) and Château-Gontier (home for young people workers and service facilities for help through work), “where the revisions are still under investigation.”

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Since the start of the lack of confinement, 1,332 cases have been identified in the Pays de la Loire. “The incidence rate, that is, the number of new cases accumulated in the last seven days is $5.97 until yesterday for the region. In four departments it is less than 5, while in Mayenne it is 47.16”, he said. Pierre Blaise, medical specialist in public health.

Is the situation worrying?

“We began to see the day before yesterday, the first impact on the health system, with the rate of going to the emergency room on suspicion of Covid, so far less than 1, which rose to 3.6%, and last night we had two new cases hospitalization in the intensive care unit,” said Pierre Blaise. “So far we have looked at all transmission chains, the goal is to identify all cases between them within each ‘cluster’ to ensure there is no depletion of the epidemic within the population”, said the doctor.

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this encouraged the population to wear a mask, but Olivier Richefou did not show, however, that he was concerned about the situation in the department. On the eve of July 14, the prefect of Mayenne, however, announced the recommendations, or even the halt, that will soon be taken to limit the grouping of people on public roads.

Date updated: Jul 10, 2020, 02:58

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