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France and the coronavirus: 130 confirmed cases and containment measures
France, the second epidemic focus in Europe after Italy, seeks to curb the spread and avoid saturation of hospitals.
Posted today at 3:06 p.m., updated at 7:59 p.m.
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France reached Sunday, March 1 at 4 p.m., 130 confirmed cases of coronavirus, according to figures from Public Health France communicated by the Director General of Health during a press briefing. Of these 130 people, twelve are cured, two died, 116 are hospitalized "for reasons of isolation" , nine of which are in serious clinical situations.
"In terms of distribution, 72 are part of a chain of transmission or a cluster, 35 are returning from areas abroad where the virus is circulating, 23 recent cases are being investigated, 7 have been detected by the systematic test for severe pneumonia or acute respiratory distress , ” said J?r?me Salomon.
The Oise “cluster” is responsible for 47 cases. In La Balme (Haute-Savoie), ten people are involved. Finally, "an organized trip to Egypt was the cause of 11 cases out of twenty people," he said. J?r?me Salomon spoke of an “epidemiological mosaic ”, with “very different situations at the departmental or even municipal level, (…) hence the differences in instructions, adapted to local specificities. "
"We are doing everything to slow development, protect areas with little or no impact," said Salomon, indicating that 138 health facilities had been placed on alert, at least one per department. He recalled the precautionary measures already formulated: "Non-essential journeys are to be postponed, especially outside the EU" , and "when returning from an area where the virus is actively circulating, the life reduction guidelines should be observed social. And self-monitoring twice a day. "
Closure of the Louvre and cancellations of several events
Consequences of the measures announced on Saturday by the government - no gathering "in a confined environment" of more than 5,000 people and in an open environment under certain criteria - several events were canceled in France this weekend, such as the half marathon of Paris , which generally brings together 40,000 participants, or the last day of the Agricultural Show, a first since 1964.
The most symbolic closure was undoubtedly that of the Louvre, the most visited museum in the world, which remained closed on Sunday because the agents feared being infected by the coronavirus. A meeting of the establishment's CSE on Monday was to examine the situation.
The ban "potentially affects hundreds of concert halls in France with more than 5,000 seats, and therefore thousands of cultural events" , warned in a press release the Prodiss (national union of musical and variety show, which includes producers, broadcasters, halls and festivals).
Avoiding contamination of nursing staff, one of the major challenges
Among the most recent cases: the mayor of La Balme-de-Sillingy (Haute-Savoie), Fran?ois Daviet, announced on Facebook that he too was infected and he was hospitalized in Annecy. According to the ministerial point on Saturday evening, nine people are contaminated at La Balme. The mayor has reported thirteen infections.
A couple who recently stayed in the Oise was diagnosed and hospitalized in Rennes, announced the regional health agency of Brittany. He is a firefighter based in a barracks in downtown Rennes and an employee of a clinic. The couple's two children are not contaminated and "a limited number of people have been in contact with the sick couple," said ARS. These two new cases are in addition to the two other cases identified in Brest, a couple returning from Egypt hospitalized in intensive care at the CHU Brest.
One of the challenges of the coming days will be precisely to avoid contamination among nursing staff in hospitals that receive patients. Three caregivers at the Tenon hospital in Paris, where one of the serious cases recorded in the Oise is hospitalized, for example, tested positive. The other fear is that the multiplication of cases will push to its limits an already severely tested hospital system.
Strict measures in Oise and Haute-Savoie
Strict measures have been taken for the two main centers of spread of the virus in France, where "all gatherings will be prohibited until further notice" and residents are invited to "limit their movements".
In the Oise, and in particular for nine particularly affected municipalities including Creil, Cr?py-en-Valois, Vaumoise, Lamorlaye, Lagny-le-Sec.
In Haute-Savoie, in the town of La Balme-de-Sillingy.
In the Oise, all the schools in the Creil agglomeration (Creil, Montataire, Nogent-sur-Oise, Villers-Saint-Paul) and the municipalities of Cr?py-en-Valois, Vaumoise, Lagny-le- Sec and Lamorlaye will remain closed.
Questioned by Le Monde , Jean-Claude Villemain, mayor of Creil , said he had applied the measures but noted several "paradoxes". “ The prefecture closes schools but not cr?ches. Gatherings are prohibited, but the often crowded transport in Creil continues to circulate, "he explains. Measures deemed incomplete, which led the town hall to take the decision to close the cr?ches and to stop all sports training.
First cases confirmed overseas, where stricter controls are requested for foreign travelers
Three cases were confirmed as positive on Saint-Barth?lemy and Saint-Martin, two islands in the north of Guadeloupe, announced the regional health agency. He is a resident of Saint-Barth?lemy, who is confined to his home, and his parents, placed under surveillance at the Saint-Martin hospital.
No proven case has been reported in Martinique and Reunion, but fears of seeing the epidemic arrive cause overflows.
Clashes opposed Saturday evening near the Aim?-C?saire Lamentin airport, police officers to protesters demanding stricter health checks on all travelers arriving on the island of Martinique, especially from Italy.
In Reunion, dozens of people gathered in front of the main port of the island to try to prevent the disembarkation of tourists traveling on board a repressed ocean liner in Madagascar. They claimed "more health security to prevent the spread of the coronavirus" . Clashes broke out in the middle of the morning when protesters opposed the port's departure from around 50 tourists - but more than 300 passengers had already left the port.
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