France now wants to speed up tests to fight the coronavirus. Screening will be "systematic in certain risk areas", announced Olivier Véran on Thursday. The Minister of Health is launching a "very large-scale" campaign to get the maximum number of people in these regions to open the doors of the laboratories. Health authorities want to identify cities near known outbreaks of infection and invite all residents to get tested. The objective: to get hold of the asymptomatic to break the chains of contamination.
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About 1.3 million people affected
An experiment will begin in Île-de-France in the coming days in around thirty municipalities. About 1.3 million people will receive a health insurance voucher for a free test. "In particular, we have populations who do not have easy access to care," explains Marion Vergeylene director of the Association of Mayors of Île-de-France.
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"There are territories that have very few doctors, so here we are on a device to go to be tested in the laboratory. It is important that the financial subject is not an obstacle to access effective screening for any the population, "she said, deeming the campaign" very important ".
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Olivier Véran has already announced that the experience could then be extended to other regions. In Ile-de-France, the cities are chosen according to three criteria: the social level, the positivity rate of the virus, and the demand for test of the population.