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TWO DAYS AWAY FROM LOCKDOWN THREE NEW COVID-19 INFECT CLUSTERS

FEAR AND WORRY GROWS IN FRANCE


Map fo France Green & red Zones (Source: TV Caption)
COVID-19
(Source: Ministry of Health )
USPA NEWS - In France, while the progress of the lockdown was announced after Prime Minister Edouard Philippe and detailed by six other ministers at the press conference in Matignon on May 7, new clusters infected with COVID-19 were reported during this wee-end. In particular, two epidemic clusters were discovered at the end of the week in Dordogne (Eglise Neuve) and in Vienne regions, to which is now added, a third cluster which has been detected in Hauts-de-Seine, (Department 92, Suburb of Paris,) in the city of Clamart. Seven people tested positive in a home for young workers. In Dordogne, there were 129 positive COVID-19 people, of which 103 tested and 9 were positive following a gathering> 20 people (prohibited Since March 17, beginning of confinement) during a burial organized by the Portuguese community, in Dordogne, classified as a green zone, that is to say little infected since the start of the Coronavirus epidemic.
New Cluster in Dordogne
Source: Le Point
The information, relayed by the Telegram, was given by the doctor and president of the Federation of Doctors of France, Jean-Paul Hamon. The latter was called after an employee contracted the COVID-19. Seven out of 28 people tested tested positive. There are now 17 workers still to be tested. According to the doctor, "they are all asymptomatic". Adding that “they were incredulous when the result was announced to them. This is all the danger of this epidemic, "he said. Indeed, Jean-Paul Hamon, who himself contracted the coronavirus at the start of confinement, recalls that "the virus is still circulating, it should not be forgotten". These three recent announcements of the identification of new clusters, a few hours before lockdown lift, will amplify the fear and general anxiety that reigns in France, or many employees fear to return to their place of work and some parents, 85% of whom hesitate. , as for them to send their children to the schools, whose reopening is planned from May 11, on a voluntary basis.
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