Covid-19: situation under control but of special concern in the Finistère, according to the prefect

The situation “has been developing quite rapidly since the weekend of July 14” and “is cause for concern,” Pascal Lelarge said. Health situation in Finisterre

The situation “has been developing quite rapidly since the weekend of July 14” and “is cause for concern,” Pascal Lelarge said.

The health situation in Finisterre is “under control”, although “quite quickly” and “is cause for concern”, warned the department’s prefect, Pascal Lelarge, on Monday, pointing to the “strong tourist pressure”. The situation has been changing quite quickly since the weekend of July 14″ and “it is cause for concern”, Pascal Lelarge assured during the press conference, assuring, however, that it is “under control”.

“At the moment, the main vector for the spread of the virus is even the mixture of the population related to vacations,” he pointed out, showing strong “tourist pressure.” This evolution is a fact of “the occurrence of sporadic cases, not on a large scale,” she added. “The situation is worrying because there has been an increase in the number of confirmed cases,” said Jean-Paul Mongeat, representative of Brittany’s Regional Health Agency (ARS) department.

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“It is still moderate because it is below the national threshold, but we cannot predict the development,” he estimated, adding that northern Finistère was hardest hit, especially the Brestoise region. The true virus reproduction rate (or “effective R,” based on virologically positive tests) is currently 3.1% in Finisterre, she said. Nationally, it is around 1.2%, according to Public Health France.

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Regarding the incidence per 100,000 inhabitants, it is 15.3 (compared to 4.3 in the area as a whole at the end of last week). The Finisterre prefect has made the use of masks mandatory as of Thursday in the busiest markets in the department, as well as in closed spaces open to the public.

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At the level of Great Britain, until Friday, “the number of positive cases of Covid-19 increased faster and moved to the date of July 20 to +143 cases”, according to a statement on Monday from the Regional Agency for Health (ARS). ).

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However, since Friday there have been no new hospitalizations for Covid, nor a new patient admitted to the intensive care unit, according to the ARS, which nevertheless registers one death (or 262 since the start of the pandemic). From that institution they specify that in total, as before the weekend, 71 patients were hospitalized for covid, and 3 are in the ICU. At the national level, the mask is mandatory in transit from May 11, and from Monday also in closed public places.

Update date: Jul 20, 2020, 18:58

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