Jean Castex with caregivers at the Strasbourg civil hospital.

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Frederick Florin / AP / SIPA

  • Jean Castex was visiting this Friday afternoon in Strasbourg.

    The Prime Minister came to meet the caregivers at the Civil Hospital.

  • “I try to hammer home that this is not a disease reserved for the elderly.

    I understand that young people feel invincible and feel safe, but unfortunately this is false, ”said the head of government.

Return to known land.

President of the Alsace regional chamber of accounts from 2001 to 2005, Jean Castex was visiting Strasbourg this Friday afternoon.

Precisely at the Civil Hospital, which he knows well.

The Prime Minister recalled: two of his four daughters were born there.

“For the first one, with my wife when we went out with the baby, we were stuck in the elevator for 25 minutes.

With the second, there was a small fire, ”he said, before getting to the heart of the matter.

The head of government came to meet the healthcare teams mobilized in the fight against Covid-19.

Jean Castex thus spoke with caregivers from the infectious diseases department, whose 23 beds are exclusively occupied by Covid patients, all on oxygen.

The service has welcomed 350 patients since the start of the epidemic: 200 in the first wave, 150 in the second.

The average age of patients is 60 years.

But in the service, two patients are 29 years old and half are under 65, told him the head of the infectious diseases service, Nicolas Lefebvre.

"A gesture" for caregivers with the Ségur de la Santé

“I try to hammer home that this is not a disease reserved for the elderly.

I understand that young people feel invincible and feel safe, but unfortunately this is not true ”, insisted the Prime Minister.

"This is what you need to help me make it clear.

You have to make sure that as few people as possible arrive at your home, ”he told caregivers.

Jean Castex also sent a message of support to caregivers during his visit to the intensive care unit, explaining to a health executive that there would be "a gesture" within the framework of the Ségur de la Santé.

"You'll watch," he whispered to her.

"This crisis has united the entire health community, everyone is on the bridge and does not count their hours," greeted the head of government who was to complete his exit from Strasbourg by a visit to the Bas-Rhin CPAM.

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