The coronavirus epidemic "will worsen in the coming weeks" in Overseas, estimates the Scientific Council. So far 1,056 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and 18 deaths have been recorded in these territories. Consequently, the strict maintenance of confinement was considered "essential" until the decline of "the passage of the epidemic peak".
In a report made public Friday, the Scientific Council, asked by the Minister of Overseas Annick Girardin, to know if doctrines of fight against the coronavirus different from the hexagon could be implemented in Overseas, recalls that “ the overseas territories are hit by the Covid-19 epidemic with a time lag of several weeks in relation to the mainland ", but that" general confinement was decreed there at the same time, March 17 "
"Realistic measures adapted to the context"
In its report, of which AFP had a copy, the Council recommends “continuing strict confinement in the overseas territories, until the end of the epidemic wave, by intensifying measures in favor of precarious populations, such as the 'food aid' for example in Mayotte.
"But the early stage of the epidemic and the insularity of most overseas territories make it possible to take other measures to curb the spread of the infection, based on the wider use of diagnostic tests, with isolation of positive patients, and quarantine measures for new arrivals, "he adds, noting" that the measures, to be operational, must be realistic and adapted to the contexts ".
The Council invites to "strengthen hospitals now by doubling their capacity in intensive care beds", to "strengthen the number and training of hospital teams" and "strengthen biology laboratories" for the diagnosis of Covid -19.
In Mayotte, "an" arranged "confinement"
He insists on the need to “test, test, test. At this epidemic stage in the overseas territories, any person suspected of Covid-19 must be able to benefit from a test, "says the council, which invites them to" set up in each department / territory a functional RT-PCR unit, sized to the height of the population pool ”. It also recommends "for compassionate use or even within the framework of research protocols for certain territories, access to antiviral treatments which will have shown their effectiveness".
For Mayotte who "because of the significant risk of epidemic explosion and paralysis of the health system, is in a separate category", he recommends "confinement" arranged "with a night curfew", to set up the free water in the shantytowns, and "consider installing an outpatient medical structure for the isolation of non-serious patients from Covid-19".
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