The prefect of Corsica announced that people going to the island should present a negative test from Saturday, December 19.
This decision is welcomed by Laurent Carlini, general practitioner in Ajaccio, especially since the winter period is conducive to various contaminations.
In an attempt to curb the coronavirus epidemic, which has stopped ebbing nationally, the most spared territories in France are trying to protect themselves.
This is the case in Corsica: people who wish to go to the Isle of Beauty from Saturday, December 19 will have to have done a PCR or antigen test 72 hours before boarding a boat or a plane, like the 'announced the prefect of the island region on Saturday.
For Laurent Carlini, general practitioner in Ajaccio interviewed by Europe 1, it is above all a “preventive, anticipatory and common sense” measure.
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"Learn from mistakes"
In Corsica, where the incidence rate of Covid-19 is currently low, a rebound in the number of cases detected was thus observed during the summer period, at the time of the first deconfinement.
"There was a 'seeding' caused by all these silent contaminations during the summer, linked to a mixing of populations" outside the island, recalls the general practitioner.
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"The idea was to learn from the errors of the first deconfinement and to give ourselves the means to succeed in the second deconfinement", insists Laurent Carlini.
"Especially since we arrive in a winter period, therefore conducive to respiratory and viral pathologies, especially influenza."
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A "reassuring" measure
For the general practitioner, certain that "the goal of this measure has never been to oppose the economy and health", it is the quality of the stay spent by tourists during the end-of-year celebrations (the measure is valid until January 8): "If I have to take the plane or the boat, it is always more reassuring to know that all those who are there have been tested beforehand and that they are all negative. It's still a guarantee of a peaceful vacation. "