MASSIVE SCREENING IN LE HAVRE
From Monday, Le Havre is embarking on a pilot massive screening operation. A detailed process this Sunday in the JDD by the mayor of the city and former Prime Minister Édouard Philippe. “The idea is to offer the 270,000 inhabitants of the 54 municipalities of the urban community of Le Havre to come and be tested, without an appointment and for free, with a result within half an hour,” he explains.
“To manage to welcome as many people as possible, we organized with the State services a rather exceptional mobilization, on more than 50 sites: in pharmacies, laboratories and medical practices, of course, but also in 20 centers designed to accommodate more than 500 people per day, and even 1000 for some, “he said, adding that it will be” mostly antigen testing. Two of the 20 centers will do PCR tests. “
“If we tested 50% of the population, I would be the happiest of men!”, Recognizes the former chief executive. “We will undoubtedly be below, but if we manage to detect a significant number of people, we will inevitably find asymptomatic cases, positive people who did not know it. And, thus, we will avoid transmissions, we can break a chain of contamination. It is priceless, especially as Christmas approaches. “
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