An Ehpad in France (illustrative image).
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The number one European retirement home Korian has not deplored "virtually no deaths linked to the coronavirus" since the summer, said its general manager, referring to an "epidemic phase that has nothing to do" with the one that has killed 700 in its network in the spring.
"We have seen since this summer that the virus is circulating in a certain number of areas and we have identified or had contact cases or positive cases in about 20% of our establishments, our retirement homes, our clinics, our healthcare networks. home, ”said Sophie Boissard, general manager Wednesday on Franceinfo.
"But the very good news is that so far almost all of these cases are asymptomatic," she said.
“This is the huge difference with the epidemic peak that we experienced last spring.
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This ended in the first half of the year, within the French network of Korian which has 450 establishments, with "a little more than 700 people who died, being positive or probably positive for the coronavirus since we had no tests to the time, ”she recalled.
“Since then, there have been virtually no deaths from the coronavirus.
Since this summer, we have entered an epidemic phase that has nothing to do with, ”said the general manager of the group, also present in Germany, Benelux and Italy.
Since August 1, the group has carried out "massive testing campaigns" in a third of its network, she said.
And in this fall, "we need saliva tests, direct reading tests" for "caregivers and visitors".
Asked about the complaints against X for intentional homicide, non-assistance to a person in danger and endangering others filed in April by relatives of residents of the nursing home La Riviera de Mougins after the deaths due to Covid-19, 40 of the 109 residents, Sophie Boissard said: “There are two preliminary investigations in progress (…) it is up to the courts to do their work, and of course we are working closely with the investigative services.
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