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Be careful if you swim. "The heat wave and the coronavirus crisis increase the risk of drowning in waterways,"  Christian Poutriquet, vice-president of the French Rescue and First Aid Federation , told  20 Minutes . Thursday evening, a 16-year-old girl drowned at the "beach" of the lake at the Vern-sur-Seiche nautical base, near Rennes. It may have been taken out of the water by a person present, indicates Ouest-France .

Before the arrival of help, mouth-to-mouth and cardiac massages were given to him. However, the adolescent's vital prognosis is engaged. She was helicoptered by the Smur to the southern hospital of Rennes, in the intensive care unit.

Shocked, the friend who was swimming with her was taken care of. The reasons for the drowning are not yet known.

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