In Bordeaux, the CHU observes "tremors" of resumption of the epidemic

• Professionals from the Bordeaux University Hospital highlighted the presence of a cluster in Bordeaux, while 13 positive cases were detected last week, an increasing number.
• "Without being alarmist, there are signals, so we must be careful because the virus is still circulating in the metropolis of Bordeaux," insists Philippe Morlat.
• "There is a drop in the guard," worries for his part Agnès Lasheras Bauduin, while the summer season, and the groupings that go with it, starts.

Several health professionals from the Bordeaux University Hospital expressed their concern this Monday over "tremors" concerning a possible resumption of the Covid-19 epidemic. The director of the CHU Yann Bubien notably highlighted the presence of a cluster in Bordeaux, mentioned by 20 Minutes Sunday.

Philippe Morlat, president of the CME (Medical Commission of establishment) at the CHU of Bordeaux, underlines that “13 positive cases with Covid-19 were detected last week at the CHU, while we were at zero there are 4 to 5 weeks, and only 5 or 6 again very recently. We would have had 13 cases in a week in January, everyone would have come across us! So without being alarmist, there are signals. So be careful, because the virus is still circulating in the metropolis of Bordeaux, that's for sure. "He specifies that the increase in this number of cases is not linked to the increase in the number of tests:" It is the ratio that is more important. "

Thirteen positive SARS-CoV-2 PCRs at the #covid screening unit of @CHUBordeaux this week (without taking into account patients with chest scanners suspected of Covid infection). These numbers are increasing. Prevention messages must be repeated over and over 😷! https://t.co/A1CtQuvygw

Fear of a "pearl epidemic"

"What is to be feared in the weeks or months to come is a pearl epidemic, with epidemic flushes," analyzes Nathalie Salles, head of the clinical gerontology department.

Philippe Morlat also says he is "worried" about "certain behaviors" that he observes in town, deploring the abandonment of barrier gestures and the wearing of masks. And the start of the summer period in the region makes him fear the worst, due to the coming mix of populations.

"Is it weariness or a forgetting of risk?" "

"There is a drop in the care, that's for sure," adds Agnès Lasheras Bauduin, hospital practitioner in the hospital hygiene service. Is it weariness or a forgetting of risk? In any case, we can see that there are more groupings than a month ago and that there is more promiscuity, there is a very significant relaxation, while the virus is still circulating. "

Agnès Lasheras Bauduin, hospital practitioner in the hospital hygiene department of the Bordeaux University Hospital - Mickaël Bosredon / 20 Minutes

The specialist recalls that “it is all the same thanks to these measures that we have managed to control its dissemination, so it is worrying if we no longer follow them. It should therefore be remembered that the only measures to follow are barrier measures, hand cleaning, wearing a mask. The summer may be difficult, it will depend on our behavior to each other. "

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