Public Health France uses its tool called MONIC to track clusters across the country. Meet.
The Parisian this Monday, July 27, this is the name given to the information system which allows Public Health France to publish a detailed map of active clusters in France. Precisely, these letters stand for MONItorage (or monitoring) of Clusters. This software makes it possible to identify as many sources of contamination as possible in order to break the chains. “Data-reactid =” 24 “> Code name: MONIC. A few letters which certainly do not tell you anything but which condition your daily life. unveils The Parisian this Monday, July 27, this is the name given to the information system which allows Public Health France to publish a detailed map of active clusters in France. Precisely, these letters stand for MONItorage (or monitoring) of Clusters. This software makes it possible to identify as many sources of contamination as possible in order to break the chains.
France indique le lieu de la contamination, le nombre de personnes infectées par le virus, etc. En compilant ces informations, les experts peuvent ainsi déterminer la puissance du cluster et son statut afin d’agir en conséquence. Au fur et à mesure des informations révélées, toutes ces précisions sont alors modifiées et mises à jour. Ce logiciel n’est pas public, il est uniquement destiné aux professionnels qualifiés de Santé publique France." data-reactid="25">As detailed in the daily, it is on this platform that Public Health France indicates the location of the contamination, the number of people infected with the virus, etc. By compiling this information, experts can determine the strength of the cluster and its status in order to act accordingly. As the information is revealed, all these details are then modified and updated. This software is not public, it is only intended for qualified professionals of Public Health France.
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Health Insurance triggers level 2 by listing relatives beyond the family circle. Level 3 is required if a significant transmission chain risk is identified. It is at this level that different actors work to collect contacts from the widest possible circle of patients. Quoted by the newspaper, an interregional coordinator at Public Health France specifies that “MONIC is above all a working tool”. So, “publishing these data on a daily basis would run the risk of making numerous misinterpretations, in the face of constantly changing geographic, temporal and qualitative information”.” data-reactid=”27″>The Parisian reveals the different levels of surveillance. At first, the attending physician indicates contacts in the patient’s family circle. Then, the Health Insurance triggers level 2 by listing relatives beyond the family circle. Level 3 is required if a significant transmission chain risk is identified. It is at this level that different actors work to collect contacts from the widest possible circle of patients. Quoted by the newspaper, an interregional coordinator at Public Health France specifies that “MONIC is above all a working tool”. So, “publishing these data on a daily basis would run the risk of making numerous misinterpretations, in the face of constantly changing geographic, temporal and qualitative information”.
information does not appear as the precise name of the municipality in order not to generate panic movements. “This could also have the effect of lowering the guard to people who would notice that a cluster is identified, but distant at the other end of its department.”, Notes the interregional coordinator. Today, many clusters have been identified throughout the territory. Like the Occitania region which has less than ten sources of contamination. MONIC still has work to do in the coming months …
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