Covid-19: In Guadeloupe, state of emergency sanitary will be lifted on November 14

The curfew will end Sunday evening on the island where the situation has improved greatly since the beginning of the month.

Le Monde with AFP

The state of emergency sanitary ceases to apply to the territory of Guadeloupe on November 14 evening, announced on Wednesday the prefect Alexandre Rochattte, at a weekly location point in Basse-Terre.

“We will go into the e phase of deconformation to find the way of living today in metropolitan France,” the prefect explained, announcing the end of the curfew “to from Sunday evening “and gauges that” will be modified “for certain activities.

After having undergone a fourth wave, the archipelago now knows a “rather stable” epidemic situation, indicated at the press conference, Valérie Denux, the Director-General of the Regional Health Agency (ARS).

1 ER On November 7, 2021, “166 new positive cases were detected in the territory”, down compared to the previous week. The incidence rate is 44/100,000, the rate of positivity amounts to 1.4% and the reproduction factor of the virus exceeds 1%.

A 59-year-old patient “that had been evacuated to the metropolis” died during this period, “said Ms. Denux.

Free tests

COVID-19 “screening tests will remain free” until December 6 and the ARS commissioned Public Health France “A seroprevalence investigation” to “know collective immunity on the territory and adapt our Methodology of follow-up of the epidemic “.

Concerning the immunization obligation, source of strong tensions and blockages for several weeks in hospital establishments, Ms. Denux denounced “malevolence, actions that are unacceptable”, “people who are minority” and “take in hostage patients “.

The management of the CHU complained to endanger the life of others, following the blockage of the logistics pole of the establishment, affecting the delivery of the meals. A special issue has been set up to refer patients.

In Guadeloupe, 46.14% of the over 18s received a first vaccine injection. At the GU of Guadeloupe, the vaccination rate is 84% ​​depending on the ARS.

/Media reports.