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Lorraine region | Cluster in court: reduced activity and massive screening

A case of Covid-19 detected Friday, two others this Tuesday, it is certain, a new cluster has settled in the judicial court of Nancy. According to Santé Publique France, the body responsible for monitoring the development of the pandemic, a cluster is a “focus of transmission or episode of grouped cases”, defined by “the occurrence of at least three confirmed or probable cases, in a period of seven days, and who belong to the same community or have participated in the same gathering of people, whether they know each other or not. ” Do the count: 1 + 2 = 3…

A first case of Covid-19 was detected late last week. Affected by the virus, a magistrate from the JIRS (specialized interregional jurisdiction). In the process, 24 people (13 magistrates and 11 officials) were placed in the fortnight.

This Tuesday, two new cases were identified, in two officials. The ARS first asked the court to minimize the activity. “This Wednesday, the judicial city of Nancy only provided the only emergencies,” said François Pérain, the prosecutor.

Lawyers invited to be tested too

This Wednesday, late morning, Jean-Baptiste Haquet, the president of the judicial tribunal, had an interview with ARS and Santé Publique France. “And it turns out that, following these three cases, the chain of contamination could not be determined,” said the magistrate. The health authorities have therefore decided that the reduced activity plan will be maintained until next Tuesday. Only immediate appearances will be dealt with, debates before the liberty and detention judge, emergencies involving the application of sentences or guardianship, hourly to hour summary proceedings or even a few very important investigative acts.

All this time to know the result of the screening tests to which will be submitted, in the coming hours, all the magistrates and officials of the court. ” Yes. Household, security, association and catering staff will also be tested, ”continues the president. “It represents about two hundred people.”

These tests will begin this Friday and the results will be available Tuesday. It is on the basis of this viral inventory that the following will be decided: the pursuit of a reduced judicial activity or a return to normal. Me Rui Manuel Pereira, invited the members of his bar to also be tested.

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