Coronavirus: A source of contagion with the British variant discovered in Deux-Sèvres -
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An epidemic outbreak of the coronavirus including the presence of the British variant was revealed within a plywood manufacturing company in Deux-Sèvres during a fatal work accident, we learned on Monday by the 'Regional health agency.
The company, located in Magné, had on Monday "twenty employees (...) positive for Covid-19" out of a total of some 70 employees, said Gérard Laborderie, the mayor of this commune of the Marais poitevin.
A person hospitalized in intensive care
The presence of the English variant, more contagious, was detected among these twenty positive cases, said the territorial director of Deux-Sèvres for the Regional Health Agency (ARS), Laurent Flament.
“A person is in intensive care.
All other employees were to be screened on Monday afternoon, ”said the mayor, adding that the factory was closed for a week.
Post-mortem analyzes revealed a Covid-19 infection
According to the daily
Courrier de l'Ouest
which revealed the information, the epidemic focus was discovered during a fatal industrial accident on January 21 on this site which houses the headquarters of the group specializing in plywood Of wood.
A 48-year-old employee died there at his post after being struck by a plywood press, according to the emergency services.
Post-mortem analyzes then revealed that he was infected with Covid-19.
Deux-Sèvres, according to the latest weekly report from the ARS, is by far the leading department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine in terms of viral circulation.
The incidence rate was 261.4 cases per 100,000 inhabitants during the week of January 18 to 24.
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