Launched on January 10, this device aims to “break the chains of contamination”. Medicare believes that this measure “achieves its objective”.
The success of the government mechanism planned to promote the isolation of people with symptoms of Covid is confirmed. Launched on January 10, this device allowing people who cannot telework and who have symptoms of the disease to obtain an immediate work stoppage has been requested 65,600 times, according to figures communicated by the boss of Medicare, Thomas Fatoma, to Echoes.
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In the last reviews that we had made of the device, the Health Insurance had reported at least 2,500 requests identified on Monday afternoon of the launch and “around 4000 requests»Immediate work stoppage recorded daily for the first week. To date, the device seems to have recorded a little less than 3,000 requests per day smoothed over 22 days, a slightly lower rate, therefore, and above all well below the 30,000 work stoppages requested, in normal times, every day in France.
Medicare remains confident in the proper functioning of this mechanism. The current rhythm “is a reasonable volume, stable and on target. The measure is achieving its objective, so we will be able to continue implementing it.», Satisfied the director of the organization.
In addition, some more precise data is provided by Medicare. First, the positivity rate of patients having a discontinuation reached 30%. It is therefore four times higher than that recorded in the general population, and which “proves that we are able to reach the target audience», Considers Thomas Fatôme. The stoppage lasts, on average, less than 2 days: the vast majority of people being tested negative, they return to work the day after the test. 93% of test results are provided in less than a day, says the organization. Two-thirds (68%) of people who obtain a leave of absence are employees of the private sector, against 16% of public employees and 6% of health professionals.
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No sign of device abuse
In addition, Medicare is reassuring about potential abuse of the service: “we do not see any drift“, Notes his boss, and only 2% of files are deemed non-compliant, out of 100 checks per day. Thomas Fatôme was optimistic from the first hours on the proper functioning of the system: “we have the means to identify if a person, over a fortnight, uses the device twice. We will get closer to him, we will check whether or not he actually had symptoms. But I am confident», He assured, mid-January.
So far, the concerns expressed by several players are therefore unfounded, according to Medicare. As a reminder, the CPME underlined the risks opened up by the possibility of obtaining sick leave without going through a doctor.
«If there is no abuse and it helps fight the pandemic, we can only welcome it“, Nuance this Tuesday the leader of the Echoes … While underlining the cases of immediate work stoppage”untimely»Daily readings in companies.
Presented by Jean Castex on January 7, the device aims to break the chains of contamination, by pushing people with symptoms of Covid to isolate themselves as quickly as possible. The sick leave is compensated from the first day, for a maximum period of four days. The individual must undertake to perform an RT-PCR or antigen test within 48 hours and to communicate his results to Medicare. If the test is negative, the shutdown is no longer active and the person must return to work the next day. Otherwise, the shutdown will be extended and the health insurance services will contact the patient as part of his procedure to ascend the chain of contamination.
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