Toulouse. Covid-19: here are the good reflexes to limit the risks during Christmas Eve
Through Thibaut Calatayud
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“It is really the action of each and every one of us that makes the capacity to control the epidemic”, insists Pierre Ricordeau on the eve of the Christmas and New Year, a period conducive to family meals and therefore to potential contamination …
To limit them and avoid overloading hospital emergencies, the director of the Regional Health Agency (ARS) Occitanie delivered several recommendations during a press point organized on Thursday, December 16, 2021. Voices.
# 1. “The vaccine is completely effective”
Unsurprisingly, Pierre Ricordeau emphasized the importance of vaccination in the fight against Covid-19.
“There are sometimes misunderstandings between the virulence of the epidemic situation, hospital saturation and vaccine efficacy. But we have already said it several times: there is no contradiction between these situations. The vaccine is completely effective. The most reliable data available: vaccination is massively effective on serious forms – or less serious for that matter – of the disease ”.
According to ARS Occitanie, most Covid patients admitted to intensive care and intensive care are not up to date in their vaccination schedule.
# 2. Respect for barrier gestures
Wash your hands, wear a mask, keep your distance, ventilate the rooms … After almost two years, the French know the barrier gestures by heart. During the holidays, Pierre Ricordeau calls for them to be applied as best as possible during family reunions.
“It is very important and effective against the Delta variant. It will be even more necessary for Omicron and it is also effective for the influenza virus. Thank you to our fellow citizens in these difficult times of epidemic peaks for doing their utmost to respect these simple rules “.
# 3. Get tested preventively
Another recommendation before meeting your guests: self tester. In pharmacies, self-tests are available for sale. They can have a result, positive or negative, in just a few minutes.
Problem: in this period of family gatherings, self-tests are taken by storm. It can therefore be difficult to find one … It is also possible to be tested via antigenic tests u PCR.
# 4. “The fewer there are, the less risks we take”
Friday December 17, Jean Castex announced a new series of measures. However, unlike the previous year, the Prime Minister did not recommend a maximum number of guests for the end-of-year celebrations. “Let us rely on a principle of common sense: the fewer we are, the less risks we take “, Said the tenant of Matignon at the end of the Health Defense Council.
# 5. Do not encumber emergencies
In this period of high hospital tension in Toulouse and Occitanie, the health authorities also call not to overload the emergency services. ” It is necessary first contact the attending or on-call doctor. If this is not possible or if there is a doubt about the urgency, it is necessary contact the 15 (Samu, editor’s note) who will advise you, ”Pierre Ricordeau recalled.
To this end, the director of ARS Occitanie specified that a communication operation was planned.
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