Elderly people are more exposed and more vulnerable to coronavirus. Olivier Véran, announced not to have exact figures on the number of victims in the Ehpad, but they are increasing, according to the Minister of Health. What do we know, cases of contamination in residences for the elderly, Europe 1 investigated.
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Only the figures for five regions out of thirteen are known.
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Ile-de-France, Grand-Est, Hauts-de-France, Pays de la Loire,
In Ile-de-France, there are elderly people infected in 20% of nursing homes. Residents are confined to their rooms alone and a separate circuit has been set up for linen, medicines and even staff, to avoid contaminating others.
In the Great East, there is no longer any doubt. If the figures are not known, the virus would have entered "the majority of establishments", according to our information.
In Hauts-de-France, it is a little more than 4% of the nursing homes concerned and 1.5% for the Pays de la Loire region. No cases listed for the moment in Corsica.
A little everywhere, we observe a "push of the virus", according to Marc Bourquin, strategic adviser of the Hospital Federation of France, which represents half of the Ehpad: "The number of establishments which are concerned increases rapidly with often cases grouped with Unfortunately, there are many deaths. The priority is that the masks are distributed to all nursing homes. "
To date, not everyone has received the minimum endowments recommended by the Minister, that is to say 5 masks per bed per day, which raises fears of further contamination in the coming days.
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