Health restrictions will be tightened from Tuesday in Guadeloupe in the face of the resurgence of Covid-19 cases in the territory, the prefecture and the Regional Health Agency (ARS) announced on Saturday.
Some 674 new cases of contamination were recorded from April 19 to 24 according to the prefecture, and hospital tension “is worsening sharply” explained the director general of ARS Guadeloupe, Valérie Denux, during a press point, specifying that 32 patients were hospitalized in intensive care on Saturday.
On Wednesday, the authorities announced that “two asymptomatic people” and “in transit”, who arrived in Guadeloupe on March 10 by private jet, had been diagnosed positive for the Indian variant, the “B.1.617 variant”. These people left after a fortnight at the hotel and a negative PCR test and “no secondary cases were detected around these confirmed cases”, indicated the prefecture and the ARS.
“A case of the South African variant” has been identified in a young man of 22 years “who apparently has no notion of travel, the investigation is underway but this could mean that the virus is circulating in the territory” , also asserted Ms. Denux.
Less than a week after the establishment of a curfew at 7 p.m., the prefect of Guadeloupe, Alexandre Rochatte, announced the entry into “the maximum phase of braking measures”.
From Tuesday and for three weeks, daytime trips beyond a radius of 10 km around the home will be restricted “to the only valid reasons on the presentation of an exceptional travel certificate”.
Restaurants and businesses selling non-essential goods will be closed but “will be able to continue their take-out activities between 5 a.m. and 7 p.m. and their delivery activities,” the prefecture said in a statement.
“Non-essential” products will be prohibited for sale in shops of more than 400m2 and markets restricted to the sale of only food or vegetable products.
The sale of alcohol to take away and the consumption of alcohol on public roads will be “prohibited at any time of the day” and “access to beaches and rivers will be restricted to the sole practice of individual sports activities”, he added. detailed the prefecture.
Level 5 of the Orsan plan has been activated and some surgeries will have to be postponed. The health reserve “is there” and a new rotation of “more than 40 people” is expected, according to Ms. Denux.
“The army health service returns to carry out an assessment mission on our territories” and was due to arrive Saturday evening in Martinique and Wednesday in Guadeloupe, she announced.
The vaccination rate has reached 11% and, on the vaccination front, “priority people remain priority when making appointments but all people wishing to be vaccinated beyond the age of 18 can do so. do on the walk-in slots “, announced Ms. Denux.
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