- With 13 active grouped cases of Covid-19, Nouvelle-Aquitaine has recorded an increase in the number of clusters in recent days.
- The number of people in intensive care is also on the rise in the region.
- The health authorities call for vigilance while the influx of tourists is felt and not to act "as if nothing had happened".
“The coronavirus concerns us all, even on vacation, let's remain vigilant! " This is the message that the Regional Health Agency of Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Public Health France want to convey.
In recent days, these health authorities are indeed facing an upsurge in cases grouped in the region. It currently has 13 clusters, including five in Gironde. Sometimes with a large number of cases of people tested positive, such as that of a private event which is the source of the contamination of 27 people.
[# COVID19] Situation
update July 21 ⚠️Even on vacation, young and old, let's all remain vigilant! ️
📍13 new positive cases as of July 18
📍13 ongoing clusters (see details in the
press release) 📍 67 people hospitalized (including 16
shifts ) 👉https: //t.co/i4kvI2oIcX
“More and more grouped cases are identified in New Aquitaine by the Regional Agency for Health and Public Health France. At the origin of these clusters identified in recent weeks: a lack of vigilance very often observed. Even more worrying, deliberately risky behavior: a return from a trip to a “risky” area with symptoms and without control, an event or a stay maintained despite a positive Covid test, an evening without any barrier measures ... And the chain of contamination begins ”, deplores the ARS in a report drawn up on Tuesday.
Screening campaign in the Landes
But beyond the clusters, there are also isolated cases, such as those tested positive and unrelated in the town of Aire-sur-l'Adour, in the Landes, where a vast screening campaign will be carried out. in place from Wednesday by the community of municipalities.
If since July 17 the number of hospitalizations has fallen in New Aquitaine, standing at 67 people, the number of serious cases has increased. Now, 16 Covid-19 patients are now in intensive care, five more than last Friday. Since the start of the epidemic, 424 people have died from the coronavirus in the region.
"To unite against the virus and not spoil all the efforts made during confinement, we must spend special vacations: respect barrier gestures in all collective places, on tourist sites, at the beach or campsite bar," in the evening… Attitudes "as if nothing had happened" should be avoided this summer for the safety of all, despite the need to escape, "concludes the Regional Health Agency.
World
Coronavirus: China demands a negative test for any new arrivals on its territory
Health
Coronavirus: Free masks for the most vulnerable are suggested by the Scientific Council
- Aquitaine
- epidemic
- Health
- Cluster
- Covid 19
- Coronavirus
- Bordeaux
- Society