In Bagneux, in the Paris suburbs, a vast screening operation takes place after contamination with the English variant: a person working as a nursery school facilitator in two establishments in the city has tested positive, carrying the English variant of the virus. A massive screening campaign aimed at residents was launched this week in All the tests performed will be analyzed to try to find the variant. While waiting for the first results in Bagneux, concern is felt.
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Sud Radio report by Clément Bargain
Bagneux market: the main topic of conversation is this British variant of the coronavirus. Abdelkrim, with his four children, is particularly worried:
“Me, I’m not from Bagneux but from Cachan. It’s right next door. We come to shop here at the Bagneux market, but this morning I hesitated before coming. Apparently the virus is here … We are here. worry! “
Tests and fear of re-containment
A vast testing campaign was launched this weekend: 2,000 people should be screened by Tuesday… Miloud is waiting his turn: “I will take the test, so if I have the virus, I can report it to my neighbors, my family …” This variant of the coronavirus worries the inhabitants of Bagneux. Gloire fears new restrictive measures, and particularly the idea of re-containment: “As I work, I don’t want to stay at home all the time. Total confinement is difficult for families with children. I don’t want to live the same as in the first wave”. So to avoid getting there, everyone is redoubling their vigilance like Saliah: “I don’t go out at all, I have the impression that we are always confined: we just go out out of need, we don’t see the family … It’s heavy!” Everyone here hopes that new cases of the mutant virus will not be detected.
