Emmanuel Macron assured Tuesday he did not want to -

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Emmanuel Macron assured Tuesday that he did not want to "isolate our elders again", during a visit to a nursing home in Loir-et-Cher, to call on the elderly to protect themselves more against the rebound of the epidemic, and then that many large cities restrict visits.

“We don't want to collectively isolate our seniors again.

(…) We are going to support those in charge of establishments so that rules are enacted which precisely allow a proportionate reaction and (…) to continue to see the family, those we love, and to continue to have (…) a minimum activity, to continue to have interactions because that is also life ”, declared the president at the end of his visit.

"We must collectively redouble our attention"

“More fragile, our seniors are more exposed to the virus.

We must collectively redouble our attention ”, tweeted the Head of State shortly after his arrival in the nursing home in Bracieux.

More fragile, our seniors are more exposed to the virus.

We collectively need to be extra careful.

- Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) September 22, 2020

Director Pierre Goualbault and the nurses told him about their exceptional mobilization during the crisis.

A nurse told him of the feeling of isolation caused by the epidemic.

“They are not in Ehpad because they are sick!

They are alive.

When we celebrate our birthday, when we go to the creperie, when we travel, we are alive (…) but the Covid has stopped everything, people were locked up, ”said a nurse.

“Today the families are relaxed, for the masks I go to war a bit, but when it's been six months since we last saw his mother…!

It's life, it's love, ”she cried.

This shift comes as the indicators of the epidemic are on the rise, especially for those over 65.

The Minister of Health Olivier Véran called on the elderly last Thursday to “redouble all (their) efforts.

Including the most difficult one, to further reduce the number of people you see every day ”.

Other voices were raised to ask not to "infantilize" the elderly, in particular when, at the end of August, Prime Minister Jean Castex asked to avoid "that grandpa and grandma go to pick up the children at school".

Clusters detected in nursing homes

Several clusters were recently detected in nursing homes, such as that of 54 positive cases in one of the largest in France, in Bourges (Cher).

In several large metropolitan areas, health constraints are tightened, in particular in establishments for the elderly, such as in Lyon where visits have been reduced to two people per resident and per week or in Marseille where visits are limited to two per day.

In Nice, Mayor Christian Estrosi stopped all visits to municipal nursing homes.

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