Catherine joined the Jacques-Prévert center on Thursday because she will “soon be visiting her elderly parents”, with the idea that the reunion is not stamped with the seal of the coronavirus. This is not the first time that the Thionville employee has taken a test. The ritual is immutable. We lower the mask to the mouth, we look ahead, and a swab intrusively visits the nasal cavity, up to the mucous membranes. “In the first nostril, there is the effect of surprise. Then in the other, we are more tense. We know what to expect. A moment not really pleasant, at the end of which many let go their little tear.
In Thionville, yesterday, Thionville offered its 5e free screening campaign addressed to the inhabitants of northern Moselle. No meeting. No prescription. And free access to the PCR test, the results of which are known today within 24 hours, by email.
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Strong demand before Christmas?
In connection with the regional health agency, the City has taken up this time with the Biomer laboratory and its staff to carry out the meeting, which has seen less crowds than on previous occasions. “Fewer people affected and less positivity,” sums up Jean-Christophe Hamelin-Boyer, the Health Minister of the City of Thionville. Today, it stands at around 10%, while on November 6, the positivity rate was between 15 and 20%, compared to the end of September, when it hovered between 1 and 1.2% on l ‘agglomeration.
“We anticipate a strong demand from patients who would like to be tested before Christmas,” said Jean-Christophe Hamelin-Boyer. We think about it. The situation will be refined as the figures fall and meetings with the mayors and health professionals of the territory. “
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