Have a drink on the terrace, eat at a restaurant, visit a loved one in a retirement home: since Monday, August 9, you must now present your QR code to have access to these activities.
Those who are not vaccinated or have not yet received their second dose must show a negative Covid test (or certificate of recovery).
The incidence rate has increased tenfold since the start of summer in Eure-et-Loir
Since the extension of the health pass, pharmacies have been drowning in requests for Covid-19 screening tests. The Eure-et-Loir is no exception.
Sébastien Michel, co-president of the pharmacists union of Eure-et-Loir, notes:
“We have been in great demand for a few weeks to carry out antigenic tests. Since Monday, demand has increased again. For the moment, we have no feedback from patients who have complained about not having obtained an appointment to be tested. “
Sebastien michel (co-president of the pharmacists union of Eure-et-Loir)
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With summer holidays, teams are often reduced in pharmacies. “Everyone is organized with the staff they have. Before the summer, nearly half of the pharmacies in the department offered Covid screening tests. Some had to stop during the summer period, ”notes Sébastien Michel.
The pharmacies of Eure-et-Loir on the front lines of vaccination against Covid-19
Noëlle Soathan, pharmacist in Courville-sur-Eure, notes an increase in requests for antigenic tests in her pharmacy. “It keeps us busy. The weekend is busy. People want to have a health pass before the weekend of August 15, ”she notes.
“It is not for society to pay for everyone’s leisure”
The pharmacist does not only welcome customers in search of the precious sesame. “In recent days, we have been receiving people with symptoms who leave with a positive test. “
At the same time, pharmacists continue to vaccinate against Covid. “We call on the population to be vaccinated as much as possible,” says Sébastien Michel, who says he is “in favor” of the end of the reimbursement of so-called comfort Covid tests.
Vaccination: strong disparities in Eure-et-Loir
“An antigen test costs € 25 to Social Security. It is not for society to pay for everyone’s leisure time. France has already been very generous since the start of the health crisis, ”said the co-president of the pharmacists’ union in Eure-et-Loir.
On Wednesday August 11, at the end of the health defense council, government spokesman Gabriel Attal confirmed that tests without a medical prescription will be paid from mid-October.
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Medical analysis laboratories are also having to cope with the explosion in demand for Covid tests. “We did 300 PCR and saliva tests on Wednesday 11 August at our two sites in Chartres and Coudray. The demand was already strong since the beginning of the school holidays, but for a few days, it is accentuated ”, confides an employee of the Bioalliance laboratory located in front of the prefecture, in Chartres. In this screening center, two samplers and two medical secretaries are mobilized to make appointments and receive the public.
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Helene Bonnet
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