More than 400 of the 700 Ehpad in Ile-de-France know "at least one case of Covid-19", announced Friday to AFP the director of the Regional Health Agency, estimating that the "contagion progresses quickly" especially among staff. "In Ile-de-France, we have almost 60% of Ehpad in which there is at least one case of Covid, a little more than 400" of the 700 establishments in the region, said AFP Aurélien Rousseau , director of the ARS Ile-de-France.
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"The contagion continues. It is progressing quickly, but not at the same level for lethality thanks to the barrier and isolation measures put in place", he continued, however refusing to specify the number of deaths observed in the Establishments accommodation for the dependent elderly of Ile-de-France.
"Do not let Ehpad isolate itself"
In Ile-de-France, the completion rate for this form reaches 85%, according to Aurélien Rousseau. For the past week, the ARS has also been collecting the needs of Ehpad doctors, nurses, nursing assistants, logistics staff, kitchen staff, cleaners, "he continued, saying he was concerned not to" leave Ehpad isolating oneself in complicated situations ". Some sixty people within the ARS are responsible for forming reinforcement teams and taking stock with the establishments.
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"We are in a context where the number of infected people among staff is increasing at the same speed as in the general population," he said.
A massive screening campaign to come
The government announced on Monday that a massive screening campaign would be gradually launched in the Ehpad, which previously could only test the first three suspects of Covid-19.
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In Ile-de-France, which has 60,000 nursing home residents for 40,000 staff, the number of tests should reach "in the next few days 2,500 tests per day" for the two categories, said Aurélien Rousseau. "For the moment, we must assume a prioritization of the situations where there are the most cases to be sure that the measures of confinement and isolation, even hospital transfer, are up to the situation", a- he added.