If the Montluçon sector is one of the areas least affected by the Covid-19 epidemic in the Allier, the virus is still actively circulating there. After the Paul-Constans high school, the CMO and even the Montluçon firefighters, the Environment recycling company is paying the price.
September 26, a first positive case was detected among the 280 employees of the company installed in Domérat. Since then, the Regional Health Agency (ARS) has counted about twenty cases, but no form grave, the majority of them showing no symptoms.
Contamination due to “people outside the company” according to management
If the ARS speaks well of an infectious focus, Jérôme Auclair, Director of Environment recycling, indicates “that there have been contact cases due to people outside the company”.
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We had a person who was considered a contact case because her friend, who is a nurse, tested positive for Covid. Moreover, the first case we had was a young man who had played sports with one of his friends and the latter turned out to be infected.
Jérôme Auclair, Director of Environment recycling
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In addition, “we are far from being the only ones affected,” adds the boss of the company specializing in the recycling of electrical and electronic equipment. The ARS notes in fact “An increase in the incidence” of the virus for a few days. Both in the Montluçon sector and throughout the department.
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Cases have also been detected in Jean-Jacques-Soulier and Marie-Curie colleges, in the polyvalent high school of Commentry, as well as at Ifsi.
Massive screening and large-scale disinfection
Friday, October 9, Environnement recycling organized, with the help of the GenBio laboratory, a massive screening for its employees. Some employees, considered to be contact cases, have been in isolation ever since. “I don’t know exactly how many there are. There are a lot of people on leave, but that is a matter of medical confidentiality, ”comments Jérôme Auclair.
Following these tests, all of the company’s premises have been disinfected by a specialized company. “Everyone has FFP3 masks, hydroalcoholic gel available and distance is always respected,” concludes the director.
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