A dinner meal? Bad idea
Because the negativity of a test does not erase the strict precautions that should be observed to live as serenely as possible this festive period. “A lady came to me earlier telling me that she was finally going to organize a dinner, sincerely thinking that it was the best solution,” says Eve Palumbo, public health officer at the City of Besançon. “She thought she was doing well …”
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Do not share the cutlery …
Wear the mask until the moment you eat, do not share cutlery at the table, favoring plate service, wash your hands after opening the packages, ventilate regularly before, during and after meals… Here is some of the instructions that have been given as a priority since this Monday morning at new rapid screening center set up by the City at Rosemont.
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The center offers “antigenic tests that guarantee a result in 30 minutes. It will be open from December 21 to 24, then from December 28 to 31, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. (exceptional closing on December 24 and 31 in the afternoon) at the sports center located 24 bis rue des vignerons in Besançon ”.
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“Test us before taking the plane”
But beware, insists the City, this center “is accessible to people who could not have done a test with their doctor, pharmacist, nurse, physiotherapist, dentist, midwife or laboratory, authorized to do so. This screening site is used as a second line and should not be used as a first line ”.
Jean-Marc and Mireille had no other choice. They must return to their home in Corsica on Thursday. “We were asked to test before flying “. Like about thirty people, this Monday morning, they patiently waited their turn before being received by “one of the liberal health professionals of the Bisontine Pluri-professional health community”.
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Questions about the reliability of antigenic tests
Here as elsewhere, the fear of the “false negative” is very strong. “When the person is negative but has symptoms, they are referred for a PCR test. Cyrille won’t need it. Even if he is “half reassured about the reliability of the tests”, he wanted “all the same to carry out one because I spend Christmas with my parents who are 77 years old”, he explains. Florence came with her son Ambroise, who has already performed three tests. And leaves reassured because it is negative. “Otherwise we would have postponed for a week. “It is true that these days, our benchmarks are more mobile …
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