The regional health agency of Nouvelle-Aquitaine has launched free screening operations for Covid-19 since the beginning of June. This Thursday and Friday, they take place in front of the Angoulême station in Charente. Next week it will be in Bressuire in Deux-Sèvres.
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Since the beginning of June, the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Regional Health Agency has been traveling the region to offer free tests for Covid-19. It is a question of carrying out a maximum of test and especially of facilitating the access to the tests of people distant from the health system. For example, on June 4 and 5, free screening and no appointment were offered to homeless people in La Rochelle.
Two days of screening in Angoulême
Thursday 25 and Friday 26 June, the ARS is in Angoulême on the forecourt of the station. The operation takes place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is not necessary to make an appointment. Just go to the teams on site with a protective mask, ID and your social security number.
The PCR test is performed using a swab that collects nasal cells. This act is not very pleasant because it is necessary to introduce the swab fairly deep in the nose. However, this withdrawal is rapid.
PCR screening in Angoulême
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That’s what Enzo came to get tested this morning.
It’s okay, it hurts a little in the nose at first, but it’s okay.
As for the motivations of people who came to be tested, they are diverse. For Lydia, for example, it is to be sure not to risk contaminating the elderly and the children she comes into contact with.
For Christiane, it’s different.
I will finally be able to kiss my little neighbor who is four and a half years old and who I have not kissed since the start of confinement.
PCR screening indicates if you are positive at the time of collection. He cannot tell you if you have been infected. For this, it is necessary to practice a serological test. Thanks to a blood test, the analysis laboratory will look for the presence of antibodies. If the test is positive, a doctor will communicate the result to you by telephone within 24 hours.
New free screenings will be offered next week in Deux-Sèvres
June 30 and 1is next July, new free screening operations will be organized in Deux-Sèvres. The meeting and fixed at Bressuire, sports hall of Valletta, boulevard Lescure. Tuesday screenings will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday July 1st will be from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
You can book by phone at 05.49.68.29.77. This is the appointment site of the hospital, you will need to specify Covid or Covid screening. But you can also present yourself the same day without an appointment.
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