A Covid-19 test, August 26, 2020. -

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The "vulnerable people" in a bubble, the cancellation of Heritage Days and a vast vaccination campaign against the flu "to prevent two epidemics from overlapping".

Thursday, the mayor of the Riviera capital Christian Estrosi tightened the screw in the fight against Covid-19, while the situation is "worrying", according to officials of the CHU of Nice.

"Intensification of patient care"

“The circulation of the virus is very active throughout the department.

The positivity rate [number of positive cases among those tested] is 7.8%, compared to 5.2% nationally.

And this data has doubled in ten days, ”revealed Thierry Piche, the president of the establishment committee.

The director of the CHU Charles Guépratte also expects an "intensification of the care of the sick", the number of which has doubled in one week.

Fourteen patients are treated in intensive care and 43 in hospitalization in the department, they are seven in intensive care and eleven in hospitalization for the only CHU of Nice.

Reserved slots in public services

In the perspective of a "second wave", Christian Estrosi encourages "to do everything to counter a new exponential rise in the virus".

The mayor announced a series of new measures while wearing a mask has already been compulsory for several weeks.

Measures aimed at protecting "the most vulnerable".

The mayor in particular decided, while several clusters broke out in establishments in the department, "to suspend visits to the four municipal Ehpads".

Time slots will also be reserved in public services "for people considered to be more exposed to the serious consequences of the virus".

The Heritage Days, scheduled for next weekend, are also canceled in Nice.

"The city of Nice will offer to all those who wish it a vast vaccination campaign against influenza around mid-October, also announced Christian Estrosi.

We must do everything to not see the flu and Covid-19 overlap.

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