Strasbourg (AFP)
The Regional Health Agency (ARS) of the Grand Est on Saturday announced an "immediate action plan" after the detection of a "Delta variant cluster (known as Indian)" within the University of the Arts of the Rhine in Strasbourg.
Four positive cases are "already identified" and 43 contact cases are "under investigation," said the ARS in a press release.
A total of 143 people were tested on Friday.
The tests will be the subject of a "systematic screening" in order to determine the possible presence of variant, adds the ARS.
The Bas-Rhin prefecture has declared the school closed.
The agency adds that it has developed a plan with the prefecture to "contain any outbreak of epidemic".
Targeted vaccination operations are planned over the weekend: 200 doses and as many "dedicated slots" are reserved Sunday in Strasbourg for students and staff of bars and restaurants in the targeted neighborhoods.
These people will benefit from priority access "wire cut" to register, further indicates the ARS.
The weekend of June 19 and 20, 2,600 doses and slots will still be reserved to amplify this targeted vaccination campaign.
The ARS also foresees a "strong mobilization of the mediators of the fight against covid" Saturday, mainly in the student district of Krutenau, where the school is located.
During their wanderings, these agents will target "students and young people under 30", specifies the ARS.
The Delta variant is believed to be particularly contagious.
At the end of May, the British government, faced with an acceleration of the epidemic, estimated that it represented between half and three quarters of the new cases detected across the Channel.
The Covid-19 epidemic in Bas-Rhin remains at a "moderate level" according to the ARS, with an incidence rate of 65 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants as of June 11, 2021.
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