Out of 900 clusters identified in France on Thursday, 143 are in nursing homes.

Even those spared by the new coronavirus are overcome by anxiety, such as that of the "welcome" of Iffendic in Ille et Vilaine, 37 residents, where Europe 1 went.

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At the nursing home "Le bon accueil" in Iffendic (Ille et Vilaine), which has 37 residents aged 75 to 100, the nurses and directors feel the virus "on our doorstep".

The department has been classified red for a week and cases of Covid 19 have been declared in the town of 4,500 inhabitants in recent days.

However, many families do not respect barrier gestures once the doors of the rooms are closed ... The establishment is for the moment spared by the virus, but not by anxiety.

"Many families take off the masks"

"It's their privacy, we can't play the gendarmes."

The staff is exhausted after six months under pressure and there are several sick leaves of nursing assistants who cannot be replaced because they are impossible to find on the job market.

Lola Terrare, nurse, says she is "much more worried than in spring" and deplores on Europe 1 a dangerous tenderness, too often without barrier gestures.

"We see a lot of families removing masks, hugging, kissing, so these are things that scare us. It's super worrying for the future, I'm afraid we will be overwhelmed by the virus" .

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The department has been classified red, "Active circulation zone of the virus", for a week, and the census of Covid cases in the town worries.

"It's much more anxiety-provoking today, because we tell ourselves that at our doors we have cases of Covid, that these people are likely at some point to have entered our establishments: we are afraid ", testifies Laurent Pereygne, director of the establishment.

Teams in tension

"There is an exhaustion of the teams and we do not know how long we will be able to hold out if the situation really worsens, in a period of onset of influenza, gastroenteritis etc. Our teams will be in tension, the winter will be very long. If we are missing three or four caregivers, how do we do if we do not find replacements? Today is the major fear, "he warns.

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The ARS has imposed a maximum of two people per visit and asks EHPADs to reactivate the blue plan which makes it possible to strengthen the monitoring of residents.