A large-scale screening will be implemented from Saturday in Montargis (Loiret) after the appearance of a cluster of coronavirus, announced this Friday the Regional Health Agency (ARS) of Center-Val-de-Loire .
"Screenings carried out since June 21 have highlighted 48 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in about twenty families residing in the agglomeration of Montargoise," wrote the ARS in a press release, specifying "that no hospitalization is to date deplored.
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"This screening is accessible to people with or without symptoms suggestive of Covid-19," said the ARS. If the authority did not wish to advance theories on the appearance of a cluster, the mayor of Montargis mentioned a family celebration.
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"According to the explanations we have, it would be two families who saw each other three weeks ago," said Benoit Digeon. “There was a contaminant. The cluster then developed around these families, with children, friends, ”he said. According to its website, the agglomeration of Montargis has nearly 65,000 inhabitants.
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