A covid-19 test, in Paris, August 29, 2020. - AFP

France crossed this week “the historic bar” of 900,000 weekly Covid tests, government spokesman Gabriel Attal told the Grand Jury RTL- Le Figaro -LCI on Sunday, also announcing the establishment of “barnums In Paris to increase testing capacity.

The government's objective is to reach one million tests per week "in the short term", according to the Minister of Health Olivier Véran. "We will continue to develop the capacity for non-prescription, non-prescription tests in the public space," continued Gabriel Attal. He cited an example in Paris: from Monday “test barnums, in front of district town halls will allow Parisians who wish to go to be tested without prescription, without prescription”.

30,000 new cases per week

“Today we have an average of 30,000 new cases [of the novel coronavirus] per week. There is a magnifying effect because we test a lot more and it is happy (…), but there is not only a magnifying effect ”, he stressed, inviting people to“ be extremely vigilant ” . "The government's message is that everything is in our hands and in our masks."

Asked about saliva tests, Gabriel Attal felt that "it is a very strong research issue", because it is necessary to ensure their reliability. "The President of the Republic, in the last Defense Council, asked that we go much faster and that we intensify research on these subjects".

"We continue to encourage and recommend teleworking"

Regarding the start of the school year, the spokesperson assured that "everything is done to reduce the risks". Asked about the request of certain doctors to impose the wearing of the mask from six years, whereas it will be obligatory only from the college, Gabriel Attal said not to exclude anything "in principle for the future": "In particular for the classes of CM1, CM2, I am not a diviner, and there may be changes if we notice that there are transmissions at that age ”.

As for the obligation to wear a mask in business, which comes into force on Tuesday, the government spokesperson indicated that the health protocol incorporating the adaptations would be published on Monday. "We continue to encourage and recommend teleworking, especially in the red departments, where there is active circulation of the virus," he said. "The rule is that there is a return to work" and "companies continue to use (teleworking) as much as they can in the departments most affected by the epidemic", he specified.

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