At the end of last week, a member of the nursing staff at Ehpad La Pastellière, in Saïx, a commune in the Tarn, complained of sore throat. After a visit to his doctor, a Covid test was performed and it turned out to be positive.
As is customary in such circumstances, the entire staff of the establishment as well as the 60 residents of the retirement home were over the following days. A total of 19 people are positive, nine among the residents and ten among the staff.
Contact case screening
So many patients, some of whom are asymptomatic, now confined to their homes or even within the establishment. “In the Tarn, we systematically apply a massive screening policy. Today we are in the process of making contact tracing to go up the chain, going back over the last eight days. The objective being not to miss any case, our principle is simple, that of zero risk ”, explains Abderrahim Hammou-Kaddour, departmental delegate of the Regional Health Agency.
Massive screening in Carmaux
It is also time to take charge of residents tested negative, part of the staff being subject to quarantine. “We are working on it and there are two hypotheses, either we play the game of solidarity with a reinforcement of the nursing home with outside professionals, or we transfer positive residents to Covid care centers ", Continues the head of the regional agency.
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- Le Journal d'Ici (@LeJournaldIci) May 11, 2020In the same department, this Monday, a massive screening was carried out in Carmaux with 170 people tested following the discovery of a case of a person intervening in a school group.
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